STAINLESS STEEL FOR CURRENT-CARRYING MEMBER HAVING LOW ELECTRICAL CONTACT RESISTANCE, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF

The invention provides stainless steel for conductive members which exhibits excellent electrical conductivity (namely, low contact electric resistance), and a method for producing such stainless steel. In detail, stainless steel is dipped into a solution containing fluoride ions at a rate of dissolution of not less than 0.002 g/(m 2 ·s) to less than 0.50 g/(m 2 ·s), thereby incorporating fluorine into a passive film on the steel surface.