IP Library Granted Patent US 8,951,366
Granted Patent B2
US 8,951,366 · App. 13/574,096 · Granted Feb 10, 2015

High-strength cold-rolled steel sheet and method of manufacturing thereof

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Patent No.
US 8,951,366
App. No.
13/574,096
Granted
Feb 10, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet includes, by mass %, C: 0.10% to 0.40%, Mn: 0.5% to 4.0%, Si: 0.005% to 2.5%, Al: 0.005% to 2.5%, Cr: 0% to 1.0%, and a balance of iron and inevitable impurities, in which an amount of P is limited to 0.05% or less, an amount of S is limited to 0.02% or less, an amount of N is limited to 0.006% or less, the microstructure includes 2% to 30% of retained austenite by area percentage, martensite is limited to 20% or less by area percentage in the microstructure, an average particle size of cementite is 0.01 μm to 1 μm, and 30% to 100% of the cementite has an aspect ratio of 1 to 3.

Claims (69)

1. A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet comprising: by mass%,

C: 0.10% to 0.40%;

Mn: 0.5% to 4.0%;

Si: 0.005% to 2.5%;

Al: 0.005% to 2.5%;

Cr: 0% to 1.0%; and

a balance of iron and inevitable impurities, wherein

an amount of P is limited to 0.05% or less,

an amount of S is limited to 0.02% or less,

an amount of N is limited to 0.006% or less,

a microstructure thereof includes 2% to 30% of retained austenite by area percentage,

martensite is limited to 20% or less by area percentage in the microstructure,

an average particle size of cementite in the microstructure is 0.01 μm to 1 μm, and

30% to 100% of the cementite has an aspect ratio of 1 to 3.

2. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , further comprising, by mass %, one or more kinds of:

Mo: 0.01% to 0.3%;

Ni: 0.01% to 5%;

Cu: 0.01% to 5%;

B: 0.0003% to 0.003%;

Nb: 0.01% to 0.1%;

Ti: 0.01% to 0.2%;

V: 0.01% to 1.0%;

W: 0.01% to 1.0%;

Ca: 0.0001% to 0.05%;

Mg: 0.0001% to 0.05%;

Zr: 0.0001% to 0.05%; and

REM: 0.0001% to 0.05%.

3. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein a total amount of Si and Al is 0.5% to 2.5%.

4. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein an average grain size of the retained austenite is 5 μm or less.

5. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein the microstructure includes, by area percentage, 10% to 70% of ferrite.

6. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein the microstructure includes, by area percentage, 10% to 70% of ferrite and bainite in total.

7. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1

wherein the microstructure includes, by area percentage, 10% to 75% of bainite and tempered martensite in total.

8. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein an average grain diameter of the ferrite is 10 μm or less.

9. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 5 or 6

wherein 0.003 to 0.12 particles of the cementite having the aspect ratio of 1 to 3 is included in an area of 1 μm 2 .

10. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in a central portion of a sheet thickness thereof, a random intensity ratio X of a {100} <001>orientation of the retained austenite and the average value Y of a random intensity ratio of a {110} <111>to {110} <001>orientation group of the retained austenite satisfies a following equation (14),

4<2X+Y<10  (14).

11. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1

wherein, in a central portion of a sheet thickness thereof, the ratio of the random intensity ratio of a {110} <111>orientation of the retained austenite to a random intensity ratio of a {110} <001>orientation of the retained austenite is 3.0 or less.

12. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , further comprising a zinc coating on at least one surface thereof.

13. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , further comprising a galvannealed coating on at least one surface thereof.

14. A method of manufacturing a high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet, the method comprising:

a first process in which a slab having the chemical composition according to claim 1 is hot-rolled at a finishing temperature of 820° C. or higher so as to produce a hot-rolled steel sheet;

a second process in which, after the first process, the hot-rolled steel sheet is cooled and coiled in a coiling temperature CT° C. of 350° C. to 600° C.;

a third process in which the hot-rolled steel sheet that has undergone the second process is cold-rolled in a reduction in thickness of 30% to 85% so as to produce a cold-rolled steel sheet;

a fourth process in which, after the third process, the cold-rolled steel sheet is heated and annealed at an average heating temperature of 750° C. to 900° C.;

a fifth process in which the cold-rolled steel sheet that has undergone the fourth process is cooled at an average cooling rate of 3 ° C/s to 200 ° C/s and held in a temperature range of 300° C. to 500° C. for 15 seconds to 1200 seconds; and

a sixth process in which the cold-rolled steel sheet that has undergone the fifth process is cooled, wherein

in the second process, a first average cooling rate CR1° C/s from 750° C. to 650° C. is 15 ° C/s to 100 ° C/s, a second average cooling rate CR2° C/s from 650° C. to the coiling temperature CT° C. is 50 ° C/s or less, a third average cooling rate CR3° C/s from after coiling to 150° C. is 1 ° C/s or less, and the coiling temperature CT° C. and the first average cooling rate CR1° C/s satisfy a following equation (15), and

in the fourth process, in a case in which the amounts of Si, Al, and Cr are represented by [Si], [Al], and [Cr] in terms of mass%, respectively, an average area S μm 2 of pearlite included in the hot-rolled steel sheet that has undergone the second process, the average heating temperature T° C., and a heating time t satisfy a relationship of a following equation (16),

1500 <CR1×(650 -CT) <15000   (15)

2200 >T ×log (t)/(1 +0.3[Si] +0.5[Al] +[Cr] +0.5S) >110  (16).

15. The method of manufacturing the high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 14 ,

wherein a total of the reduction in thickness of last two steps in the first process is 15% or more.

16. The method of manufacturing the high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 14 ,

wherein the cold-rolled steel sheet that has undergone the fifth process and is to undergo the sixth process is coated with zinc.

17. The method of manufacturing the high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 14 ,

wherein the cold-rolled steel sheet that has undergone the fifth process and is to undergo the sixth process is galvanized and annealed in 400° C. to 600° C. for alloying.

18. The method of manufacturing the high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 14 ,

wherein an average heating rate from 600° C. to 680° C. in the fourth process is 0.1 ° C/s to 7° C/s.

19. The method of manufacturing the high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 14 ,

wherein, before the first process, the slab is cooled to 1000° C. or lower and reheated to 1000° C. or higher.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2019
From: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049257/0828 →
MERGER Recorded Mar 13, 2013
From: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029980/0103 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 4, 2012
From: SANO, KOHICHI; WAKABAYASHI, CHISATO; KAWATA, HIROYUKI; OKAMOTO, RIKI; YOSHINAGA, NAOKI; KAWASAKI, KAORU; SUGIURA, NATSUKO; FUJITA, NOBUHIRO
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029076/0984 →