IP Library Granted Patent US 8,110,292
Granted Patent B2
US 8,110,292 · App. 12/736,359 · Granted Feb 7, 2012

High strength steel plate, steel pipe with excellent low temperature toughness, and method of production of same

Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,110,292
App. No.
12/736,359
Granted
Feb 7, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides high strength steel plate with excellent low temperature toughness, high strength steel pipe using this as a base metal, and methods of production of the same. The steel plate of the present invention contains Mo: 0.05 to 1.00% and B: 0.0003 to 0.0100%, has a Ceq of 0.30 to 0.53, has a Pcm of 0.10 to 0.20, and has a metal structure which has an area percentage of polygonal ferrite of 20 to 90% and has a balance of a hard phase comprised of one or both of bainite and martensite. To obtain this steel plate, strain-introducing rolling is performed with a start temperature of not more than Ar 3 +60° C., an end temperature of Ar 3 or more, and a reduction ratio of 1.5 or more, then the plate is air-cooled and then acceleratedly cooled from Ar 3 −100° C. to Ar 3 −10° C. in temperature by 10° C./s or more.

Claims (42)

1. High strength steel plate with excellent low temperature toughness, having a chemical composition containing, by mass %,

C: 0.01 to 0.08%,

Si: 0.01 to 0.50%,

Mn: 0.5 to 2.0%,

S: 0.0001 to 0.005%,

Ti: 0.003 to 0.030%,

Mo: 0.05 to 1.00%,

B: 0.0003 to 0.010%, and

0 : 0.0001 to 0.008%,

limiting

P: 0.050% or less and

Al: 0.020% or less, and

having a balance of iron and unavoidable impurities,

having a Ceq, calculated by the following (formula 1), of 0.30 to 0.53,

having a Pcm, found the following (formula 2), of 0.10 to 0.20, and

having a metal structure with an area percentage of polygonal ferrite of 20 to 90% and a balance of a hard phase comprised of one or both of bainite and martensite:

Ceq =C+Mn/6+(Ni+Cu)/15+(Cr+Mo+V)/5 . . .   (formula 1)

Pcm =C+Si/30+(Mn+Cu+Cr)/20+Ni/60+Mo/15+V/10+5B . . .   (formula 2)

where, C, Si, Mn, Ni, Cu, Cr, Mo, V, and B are contents of the individual elements (mass %).

2. High strength steel plate with excellent low temperature toughness as set forth in claim 1 , further containing, by mass %, one or both of

Cu: 0.05 to 1.5% and

Ni: 0.05 to 5.0%.

3. High strength steel plate with excellent low temperature toughness as set forth in claim 1 , further containing, by mass %, one or more of

Cr: 0.02 to 1.50%,

W: 0.01 to 0.50%,

V: 0.01 to 0.10%,

Nb: 0.001 to 0.20%,

Zr: 0.0001 to 0.050%, and

Ta: 0.0001 to 0.050%.

4. High strength steel plate with excellent low temperature toughness as set forth in claim 1 , further containing, by mass %, one or more of

Mg: 0.0001 to 0.010%,

Ca: 0.0001 to 0.005%,

REM: 0.0001 to 0.005%,

Y: 0.0001 to 0.005%,

Hf: 0.0001 to 0.005%, and

Re: 0.0001 to 0.005%.

5. High strength steel plate with excellent low temperature toughness as set forth in claim 1 , characterized by having a metal structure with an area percentage of polygonal ferrite of 20 to 80%.

6. High strength steel pipe with excellent low temperature toughness characterized by having a base metal comprised of steel plate as set forth in claim 1 .

7. A method of production of high strength steel plate with excellent low temperature toughness characterized by taking a steel slab comprised of the chemical compositions as set forth in claim 1 , reheating it to 950° C. or more, hot rolling it, performing, as the final step in said hot rolling, strain-introducing rolling with a start temperature of not more than Ar3+60° C., and end temperature of not less than Ar3, and a reduction ratio of not less than 1.5, then air-cooling, then acceleratedly cooling from Ar3-100° C. to Ar3-10° C. in temperature by a 10° C/s or more cooling rate until a temperature of not more than a Bs calculated by the following (formula 3)

Bs (° C.)=830−270C−90Mn−37Ni−70Cr−83Mo . . .   (formula 3)

where, C, Mn, Ni, Cr, and Mo are contents of the individual elements (mass %).

8. A method of production of high strength steel pipe with excellent low temperature toughness characterized by forming steel plate produced by the method as set forth in claim 7 into a pipe shape by a UO process, welding the abutting parts from the inside and outside surfaces by submerged arc welding, then expanding the pipe.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 30, 2013
From: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030322/0524 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2010
From: FUJISHIRO, TAISHI; SAKAMOTO, SHINYA; HARA, TAKUYA; ASAHI, HITOSHI
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025096/0988 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2008-099653 · Apr 7, 2008 · national
JP 2009-092511 · Apr 6, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
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