IP Library Granted Patent US 9,238,848
Granted Patent B2
US 9,238,848 · App. 13/636,993 · Granted Jan 19, 2016

High-strength steel sheet and method for producing same

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Patent No.
US 9,238,848
App. No.
13/636,993
Granted
Jan 19, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A high-strength steel sheet includes, by mass %, C: 0.03% to 0.30%, Si: 0.08% to 2.1%, Mn: 0.5% to 4.0%, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.0001% to 0.1%, N: 0.01% or less, acid-soluble Al: more than 0.004% and less than or equal to 2.0%, acid-soluble Ti: 0.0001% to 0.20%, at least one selected from Ce and La: 0.001% to 0.04% in total, and a balance of iron and inevitable impurities, in which [Ce], [La], [acid-soluble Al], and [S] satisfy 0.02≦([Ce]+[La])/[acid-soluble Al]<0.25, and 0.4≦([Ce]+[La])/[S]≦50 in a case in which the mass percentages of Ce, La, acid-soluble Al, and S are defined to be [Ce], [La], [acid-soluble Al], and [S], respectively, and a microstructure includes 1% to 50% of martensite in terms of an area ratio.

Claims (63)

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

C: 0.03% to 0.30%;

Si: 0.08% to 2.1%;

Mn: 0.5% to 4.0%;

P: 0.05% or less;

S: 0.0001% to 0.1%;

N: 0.01% or less;

acid-soluble Al: more than 0.020% and less than or equal to 2.0%;

acid-soluble Ti: 0.0001% to 0.006%;

at least one selected from Ce and La: 0.001% to 0.04% in total; and

a balance of iron and inevitable impurities,

wherein [Ce], [La], [acid-soluble Al], and [S] satisfy 0.02<([Ce]+[La])/[acid-soluble Al]<0.25, and 0.4 ([Ce]+[La])/[S]≦50 in a case in which mass percentages of Ce, La, acid-soluble Al, and S are defined to be [Ce], [La], [acid-soluble Al], and [S], respectively, and

a microstructure thereof includes 1% to 50% of martensite in terms of an area ratio.

2. The high-strength steel sheet according to claim 1 further comprising, by mass %, at least one selected from a group consisting of

Cr: 0.001% to 2.0%,

Ni: 0.001% to 2.0%,

Cu: 0.001% to 2.0%,

Nb: 0.001% to 0.2%

V: 0.001% to 1.0%,

W: 0.001% to 1.0%,

Ca: 0.0001% to 0.01%,

Mg: 0.0001% to 0.01%,

Zr: 0.0001% to 0.2%,

at least one selected from Sc and lanthanoids of Pr through Lu: 0.0001% to 0.1% in total,

As: 0.0001% to 0.5%,

Co: 0.0001% to 1.0%,

Sn: 0.0001% to 0.2%,

Pb: 0.0001% to 0.2%,

Y: 0.0001% to 0.2%, and

Hf: 0.0001% to 0.2%.

3. The high-strength steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein [Ce], [La], [acid-soluble Al], and [S] satisfy 0.02≦([Ce]+[La])/[acid-soluble Al]<0.15.

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

wherein [Ce], [La], [acid-soluble Al], and [S] satisfy 0.02≦([Ce]+[La])/[acid-soluble Al]<0.10.

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

wherein a number density of inclusions having an equivalent circle diameter of 0.5 μm to 2 μm in the microstructure is 15 inclusions/mm 2 or more.

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

wherein, of inclusions having an equivalent circle diameter of 1.0 μm or more in the microstructure, a number percentage of elongated inclusions having an aspect ratio of 5 or more obtained by dividing a long diameter by a short diameter is 20% or less.

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

wherein, of inclusions having an equivalent circle diameter of 1.0 μm or more in the microstructure, a number percentage of inclusions having at least one of MnS, TiS, and (Mn, Ti)S precipitated to an oxide or oxysulfide composed of at least one of Ce and La, and at least one of O and S, or an oxide or oxysulfide composed of at least one of Ce and La, at least one of Si and Ti, and at least one of O and S is 10% or more.

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

wherein a volume number density of elongated inclusions having an equivalent circle diameter of 1 μm or more, and an aspect ratio of 5 or more obtained by dividing a long diameter by a short diameter is 1.0×10 4 inclusions/mm 3 or less in the microstructure.

9. The high-strength steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in the microstructure, a volume number density of inclusions having at least one of MnS, TiS, and (Mn, Ti)S precipitated in an oxide or oxysulfide composed of at least one of Ce and La, and at least one of O and S, or an oxide or oxysulfide composed of at least one of Ce and La, at least one of Si and Ti, and at least one of 0 and S is 1.0×10 3 inclusions/1= 3 or more.

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

wherein elongated inclusions having an equivalent circle diameter of 1 μm or more, and an aspect ratio of 5 or more obtained by dividing a long diameter by a short diameter are present in the microstructure, and an average equivalent circle diameter of the elongated inclusions is 10 μm or less.

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

wherein inclusions having at least one of MnS, TiS, and (Mn, Ti)S precipitated to an oxide or oxysulfide composed of at least one of Ce and La, and at least one of O and S, or an oxide or oxysulfide composed of at least one of Ce and La, at least one of Si and Ti, and at least one of O and S are present in the microstructure, and the inclusions include a total of 0.5 mass % to 95 mass % of at least one of Ce and La in terms of an average composition.

12. The high-strength steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein an average grain size in the microstructure is 10 μm or less.

13. The high-strength steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein a maximum hardness of martensite included in the microstructure is 600 Hv or less.

14. The high-strength steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein a sheet thickness thereof is 0.5 mm to 20 mm.

15. The high-strength steel sheet according to claim 1 , further comprising a galvanized layer or a galvannealed layer on at least one surface.

16. A method of manufacturing a high-strength steel sheet, the method comprising:

a first process in which a molten steel having the chemical components according to claim 1 is subjected to a continuous casting so as to be processed into a slab;

a second process in which a hot rolling is carried out on the slab in a finishing temperature of 850° C. to 970° C., and a steel sheet is manufactured; and

a third process in which the steel sheet is cooled to a cooling control temperature of 450° C. or lower at an average cooling rate of 10 to 100° C./second, and then coiled at a coiling temperature of 300° C. to 450° C., wherein a hot-rolled steel sheet is manufactured.

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

wherein galvanizing or galvannealed is carried out on at least one surface of the hot-rolled steel sheet.

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

wherein galvanizing or galvannealed is carried out on at least one surface of the cold-rolled steel sheet.

19. The method of manufacturing the high-strength steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein the slab is reheated to 1100° C. or higher after the first process and before the second process.

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 Sep 25, 2012
From: SUWA, YOSHIHIRO; YAMAMOTO, KENICHI; MAEDA, DAISUKE; HIROSE, SATOSHI; SHIGESATO, GENICHI; YOSHINAGA, NAOKI
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029022/0074 →