IP Library Granted Patent US 9,481,148
Granted Patent B2
US 9,481,148 · App. 14/127,780 · Granted Nov 1, 2016

High-corrosion-resistance hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having excellent appearance uniformity and manufacturing method thereof

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Patent No.
US 9,481,148
App. No.
14/127,780
Granted
Nov 1, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a high-corrosion-resistance hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having excellent appearance uniformity. The steel sheet includes: a coating layer containing Al: 4 to 22 mass %, Mg: 1 to 6 mass %, and Si: 0.001 to 1 mass %, and a balance being composed of Zn and inevitable impurities formed on a surface, in which at an interface between the coating layer and a base steel sheet, Mg 2 Si phases and Ca phases each mainly composed of Ca or a Ca compound exist, and at least part of the Mg 2 Si phases precipitate by using the Ca phases as a nucleus.

Claims (17)

1. A high-corrosion-resistance hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having excellent appearance uniformity, comprising:

a coating layer containing Al: 4 to 22 mass %, Mg: 1 to 6 mass %, and Si: 0.001 to 1 mass %, and a balance being composed of Zn and inevitable impurities formed on a surface, wherein

at an interface between said coating layer and a base steel sheet, Mg 2 Si phases and Ca phases each mainly composed of Ca or a Ca compound exist, and at least part of the Mg 2 Si phases precipitate by using the Ca phases as a nucleus,

an average diameter of Al/MgZn 2 /Zn ternary eutectic phases existing in said coating layer is 5 to 200 μm, and

an interface Ca intensity at the interface between said coating layer and the base steel sheet is 0.1 to 1.0.

2. The high-corrosion-resistance hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having excellent appearance uniformity according to claim 1 , wherein

a density of the Mg 2 Si phases each having a circle-equivalent diameter of 2 μm or more out of the Mg 2 Si phases existing at the interface between said coating layer and the base steel sheet is 10 to 1000 pieces per 0.01 mm 2 .

3. The high-corrosion-resistance hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having excellent appearance uniformity according to claim 1 , wherein

said coating layer further contains 0.000001 to 0.5 mass % of one or two or more selected from Ti, Ni, Zr, Sr, Hf, Sc, and B alone or in combination.

4. A manufacturing method of a high-corrosion-resistance hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having excellent appearance uniformity, comprising:

a step of bonding Ca phases each mainly composed of Ca or a Ca compound to a surface of a base steel sheet;

a step of annealing the base steel sheet having had the Ca phases bonded to the surface; and

a step of dipping the base steel sheet into a hot-dip galvanizing bath containing Al: 4 to 22 mass %, Mg: 1 to 6 mass %, and Si: 0.001 to 1 mass %, and a balance being composed of Zn and inevitable impurities and performing hot-dip galvanizing,

wherein an average diameter of Al/MgZn 2 /Zn ternary eutectic phases existing in a coating layer formed on a surface of the base steel sheet is 5 to 200 μm, and

in said step of bonding Ca or a Ca compound to the surface of the base steel sheet, the base steel sheet is dipped into a hot water containing Ca of 10 to 40 mass ppm and having a temperature of 50 to 90° C. for 1 to 100 s.

5. The high-corrosion-resistance hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having excellent appearance uniformity according to claim 2 , wherein

said coating layer further contains 0.000001 to 0.5 mass % of one or two or more selected from Ti, Ni, Zr, Sr, Hf, Sc, and B alone or in combination.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2019
From: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049257/0828 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2014
From: YASUI, TAKESHI; OOHASHI, TOORU; KAWAZU, NAYUTA; TANAKA, SATORU; SAITO, AKIO
To: NIPPON STEEL AND SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032223/0171 →