ZINC-BASED ALLOY-PLATED STEEL MATERIAL EXCELLENT IN RESISTANCE TO MOLTEN-METAL EMBRITTLEMENT CRACKING
[Problem] To provide a zinc-based alloy-plated steel material in which low-carbon steel is used as the base material and which is excellent in resistance to molten-metal embrittlement cracking and has good workability. [Means for Resolution]A zinc-based alloy-plated steel material excellent in resistance to molten-metal embrittlement cracking, which has a zinc-based alloy-plating layer on the surface of a steel base material that has a chemical composition comprising, as % by mass, C: 0.010 to 0.100%, Si: at most 1.50%, Mn: at most 2.00%, P: at most 0.100%, S: at most 0.030%, N: at most 0.0050%, Ti: at most 0.050%, and B: 0.0003 to 0.0100%, with a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, and having the value L to be defined by the following formula, L={(Ti/48)+(B/11)}/(N/14), of at least 5.50, and has a metallographic structure comprising ferrite: 10 to 99% by volume with a balance of bainite, pearlite, cementite or martensite.
1 . A zinc-based alloy-plated steel material excellent in resistance to molten-metal embrittlement cracking, which has a zinc-based alloy-plating layer on the surface of a steel base material that has a chemical composition comprising, as % by mass, C, 0.010 to 0.100%, Si: at most 1.50%, Mn: at most 2.00%, P: at most 0.100%, S: at most 0.030%, N: at most 0.0050%, Ti: at most 0.050%, and B: 0.0003 to 0.0100%, with a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, and having the value L according to the following formula (I) of at least 5.50, and has a metallographic structure comprising ferrite: 10 to 99% by volume with a balance of bainite, pearlite, cementite or martensite:
L={(Ti/48)+(B/11)}/(N/14) (1).
2 . The zinc-based alloy-plated steel material as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the steel base material has the chemical composition further containing at least one of Cr: at most 2.00%, Nb: at most 0.10%, V: at most 0.50%, Mo: at most 0.50% and Zr: at most 0.50%.
3 . The zinc-based alloy-plated steel material as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the zinc-based alloy plating is Zn—Al—Mg-based alloy plating.
4 . The zinc-based alloy-plated steel material as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the zinc-based alloy plating layer comprises, by mass, Al: 3.0 to 22.0% and Mg: 1.0 to 10.0% and further contains at least one of Ti: at most 0.1%, B: at most 0.05%, Si: at most 2.0% and Fe: at most 2.0% with a balance of Zn and inevitable impurities.