IP Library Granted Patent US 9,109,273
Granted Patent B2
US 9,109,273 · App. 12/993,271 · Granted Aug 18, 2015

High strength steel sheet and hot dip galvanized steel sheet having high ductility and excellent delayed fracture resistance and method for manufacturing the same

Inventors: Young Hoon Jin (Gwangyang, KR); Kwang Geun Chin (Gwangyang, KR); Seung Bok Lee (Gwangyang, KR); Jai Hyun Kwak (Gwangyang, KR)
Assignee: POSCO
C22C38/02C21D6/005C21D8/0436C21D8/0473C22C38/06C22C38/50C22C38/54C22C38/58C22C38/60C21D1/673C21D8/0478C21D2211/001C21D2211/005C21D2211/008
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Patent No.
US 9,109,273
App. No.
12/993,271
Granted
Aug 18, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cold rolled steel sheet and a hot dip galvanized steel sheet, which have high strength and elongation, such as a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more and an elongation of 28% or more, and excellent delayed fracture resistance, and manufacturing methods thereof. The cold rolled steel sheet has a composition including 0.05 to 0.3 weight percent C, 0.3 to 1.6 weight percent Si, 4.0 to 7.0 weight percent Mn, 0.5 to 2.0 weight percent Al, 0.01 to 0.1 weight percent Cr, 0.02 to 0.1 weight percent Ni and 0.005 to 0.03 weight percent Ti, 5 to 30 ppm B, 0.01 to 0.03 weight percent Sb, 0.008 weight percent or less S, balance Fe and impurities. The hot dip galvanized steel sheet has a hot dip galvanized layer or a hot dip galvannealed layer on the cold rolled steel sheet.

Claims (33)

1. A high strength cold rolled steel sheet comprising, by weight percent, 0.05 to 0.3% C, 0.3 to 1.6% Si, 4.0 to 7.0% Mn, 0.5 to 2.0% Al, 0.01 to 0.1% Cr, 0.02 to 0.1% Ni and 0.005 to 0.03% Ti, 5 to 30 ppm B, 0.01 to 0.03% Sb, 0.008% or less S, balance Fe and impurities, and comprising a microtexture including 40 to 50% by area fraction of annealed martensite as a matrix, 20 to 40% by volume fraction of retained austenite and balance ferrite.

2. The high strength cold rolled steel sheet of claim 1 , having a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more and an elongation of 28% or more.

3. A high strength galvanized steel sheet comprising:

a steel including, by weight percent, 0.05 to 0.3% C, 0.3 to 1.6% Si, 4.0 to 7.0% Mn, 0.5 to 2.0% Al, 0.01 to 0.1% Cr, 0.02 to 0.1% Ni and 0.005 to 0.03% Ti, 5 to 30 ppm B, 0.01 to 0.03% Sb, 0.008% or less S, balance Fe and impurities, and comprising a microtexture including 40 to 50% by area fraction of annealed martensite as a matrix, 20 to 40% by volume fraction of retained austenite and balance ferrite; and

a galvanized layer or a galvannealed layer.

4. A method of manufacturing a high strength cold rolled steel sheet, comprising:

heating a steel slab at a temperature range from 1150 to 1250° C., followed by hot finish rolling at a temperature range from 880 to 920° C., the steel slab including, by weight percent, 0.05 to 0.3% C, 0.3 to 1.6% Si, 4.0 to 7.0% Mn, 0.5 to 2.0% Al, 0.01 to 0.1% Cr, 0.02 to 0.1% Ni and 0.005 to 0.03% Ti, 5 to 30 ppm B, 0.01 to 0.03% Sb, 0.008% or less S, balance Fe and impurities, and comprising a microtexture including 40 to 50% by area fraction of annealed martensite as a matrix, 20 to 40% by volume fraction of retained austenite and balance ferrite;

coiling the resultant structure at a temperature range from 550 to 650° C.;

pickling the resultant structure using hydrochloric acid, followed by cold rolling at a cold reduction rate from 30 to 60%; and

performing continuous annealing on the resultant structure by holding a temperature range from 670 to 750° C. for 60 seconds or more, followed by cooling.

5. A method of manufacturing a high strength cold rolled steel sheet, comprising:

heating a steel slab at a temperature range from 1150 to 1250° C., followed by hot finish rolling at a temperature range from 880 to 920° C., the steel slab including, by weight percent, 0.05 to 0.3% C, 0.3 to 1.6% Si, 4.0 to 7.0% Mn, 0.5 to 2.0% Al, 0.01 to 0.1% Cr, 0.02 to 0.1% Ni and 0.005 to 0.03% Ti, 5 to 30 ppm B, 0.01 to 0.03% Sb, 0.008% or less S, balance Fe and impurities, and comprising a microtexture including 40 to 50% by area fraction of annealed martensite as a matrix, 20 to 40% by volume fraction of retained austenite and balance ferrite;

coiling the resultant structure at a temperature range from 550 to 650° C.;

pickling the resultant structure using hydrochloric acid, followed by cold rolling at a cold reduction rate from 30 to 60%;

performing reverse transformation by batch-annealing the resultant structure at a temperature range from 620 to 720° C. for 1 to 24 hours; and

cooling the resultant structure at a cooling rate from 10 to 200° C./s.

6. A method of manufacturing a high strength galvanized steel sheet, comprising:

heating a steel slab at a temperature range from 1150 to 1250° C., followed by hot finish rolling at a temperature range from 880 to 920° C., the steel slab including, by weight percent, 0.05 to 0.3% C, 0.3 to 1.6% Si, 4.0 to 7.0% Mn, 0.5 to 2.0% Al, 0.01 to 0.1% Cr, 0.02 to 0.1% Ni and 0.005 to 0.03% Ti, 5 to 30 ppm B, 0.01 to 0.03% Sb, 0.008% or less S, balance Fe and impurities, and comprising a microtexture including 40 to 50% by area fraction of annealed martensite as a matrix, 20 to 40% by volume fraction of retained austenite and balance ferrite;

coiling the resultant structure at a temperature range from 550 to 650° C.;

pickling the resultant structure using hydrochloric acid, followed by cold rolling at a cold reduction rate from 30 to 60%;

performing continuous annealing on the resultant structure by holding a temperature range from 670 to 750° C. for 60 seconds or more, followed by cooling; and

galvanizing the resultant structure at a temperature range from 450 to 500° C.

7. A method of manufacturing a high strength galvanized steel sheet of claim 6 , further comprising:

galvannealing the resultant structure at a temperature range from 500 to 600° C.

8. A method of manufacturing a high strength galvanized steel sheet, comprising:

heating a steel slab at a temperature range from 1150 to 1250° C., followed by hot finish rolling at a temperature range from 880 to 920° C., the steel slab including, by weight percent, 0.05 to 0.3% C, 0.3 to 1.6% Si, 4.0 to 7.0% Mn, 0.5 to 2.0% Al, 0.01 to 0.1% Cr, 0.02 to 0.1% Ni and 0.005 to 0.03% Ti, 5 to 30 ppm B, 0.01 to 0.03% Sb, 0.008% or less S, balance Fe and impurities, and comprising a microtexture including 40 to 50% by area fraction of annealed martensite as a matrix, 20 to 40% by volume fraction of retained austenite and balance ferrite;

coiling the resultant structure at a temperature range from 550 to 650° C.;

pickling the resultant structure using hydrochloric acid, followed by cold rolling at a cold reduction rate from 30 to 60%;

performing reverse transformation by batch-annealing the resultant structure at a temperature range from 620 to 720° C. for 1 to 24 hours;

cooling the resultant structure at a cooling rate from 10 to 200° C./s; and

galvanizing the resultant structure at a temperature range from 450 to 500° C.

9. A method of manufacturing a high strength galvanized steel sheet of claim 8 , further comprising:

galvannealing the resultant structure at a temperature range from 500 to 600° C.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2022
From: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
To: POSCO CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 061777/0943 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 28, 2022
From: POSCO
To: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
Reel/Frame 061561/0831 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE LAST NAME OF THE SECOND INVENTOR PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 025371 FRAME 0687. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST. Recorded Apr 26, 2011
From: JIN, YOUNG HOON; CHIN, KWANG GEUN; LEE, SEUNG BOK; KWAK, JAI HYUN
To: POSCO
Reel/Frame 026182/0838 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 18, 2010
From: JIN, YOUNG HOON; GHIN, KWANG GEUN; LEE, SEUNG BOK; KWAK, JAI HYUN
To: POSCO
Reel/Frame 025371/0687 →
Priority Claims (1)
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Continuity (1)
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