IP Library Granted Patent US 9,708,684
Granted Patent B2
US 9,708,684 · App. 14/757,453 · Granted Jul 18, 2017

Hot dip galvanized and galvannealed steel sheet having excellent elongation properties

Inventors: Sang Ho Han (Gwangyang-si, KR); Seong Ho Han (Gwangyang-si, KR)
Assignee: POSCO
C21D9/46B32B15/012B32B15/013B32B15/017B32B15/04B32B15/043B32B15/18C21D1/26C21D6/002C21D6/005C21D6/008C21D8/0205C21D8/0226C21D8/0236C21D8/0278C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/18C22C38/22C22C38/32C22C38/38C23C2/02C23C2/04C23C2/06C23C2/12C23C2/28C23C2/285C23C28/021C23C28/023C23C30/00C23C30/005Y10T428/12757Y10T428/12792Y10T428/12972
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Patent No.
US 9,708,684
App. No.
14/757,453
Granted
Jul 18, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet and a hot-dip galvannealed steel sheet, which have excellent elongation properties, and methods for manufacturing the hot-dip galvanized steel sheet and the hot-dip galvannealed steel sheet. The present disclosure relates to a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet in which a hot-dip galvanized layer is formed on a surface of a base steel sheet, the hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having excellent elongation properties and being characterized by the composition and the microstructure thereof.

Claims (22)

1. A hot-dip galvanized steel sheet in which a hot-dip galvanized layer is formed on a surface of a base steel sheet, the hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having excellent elongation properties, wherein

the base steel sheet:

contains 0.02-0.08% of carbon (C), 1.3-2.1% of manganese (Mn), 0.3% or less of silicon (Si) (excluding 0%), 1.0% or less of chromium (Cr) (excluding 0%), 0.1% or less of phosphorous (P) (excluding 0%), 0.01% or less of sulfur (S) (excluding 0%), 0.01% or less of nitrogen (N) (excluding 0%), 0.02-0.06% of aluminum (sol. Al), 0.2% or less of molybdenum (Mo) (excluding 0%), 0.003% or less of boron (B) (excluding 0%), and a remainder of Fe and other inevitable impurities, in wt %;

has a microstructure including 90% or more of ferrite, and a remainder of martensite and bainite, wherein B (%), as defined by Equation 1, is 3% or less;

contains a percentage of martensite (M %) having an average particle diameter of 5 μm or less occupying space in ferrite grain boundaries (including grain boundary triple points) of 90% or higher, as defined by Equation 2; and

at ¼t based on the thickness (t) of the sheet, the ratio of a C concentration (a) in the ferrite phase to a C concentration (b) in the martensite phase, i.e., (a)/(b), is 0.7 or less, and the ratio of an Mn concentration (c) in the ferrite phase to an Mn concentration (d) in the martensite phase, i.e., (c)/(d), is 0.8 or less,

B (%)={ BA /( MA+BA )}×100  [Equation 1]

where BA is the area occupied by bainite, and MA is the area occupied by martensite,

M (%)={ M gb /( M gb +M in )}×100  [Equation 2]

where M gb is the amount of martensite in ferrite grain boundaries, and M in is the amount of martensite within ferrite grains, the martensite having an average particle diameter of 5 μm or less.

2. The hot-dip galvanized steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein, in the base steel sheet, the ferrite phase has an average grain size of 4 μm or greater, and the area occupied by the ferrite phase having an average grain size of 7 μm or greater in the entire ferrite phase is 10% or higher.

3. A hot-dip galvannealed steel sheet in which a hot-dip galvannealed layer is formed on a surface of abase steel sheet, the hot-dip galvannealed steel sheet having excellent elongation properties, wherein

the base steel sheet:

contains 0.02-0.08% of carbon (C), 1.3-2.1% of manganese (Mn), 0.3% or less of silicon (Si) (excluding 0%), 1.0% or less of chromium (Cr) (excluding 0%), 0.1% or less of phosphorous (P) (excluding 0%), 0.01% or less of sulfur (S) (excluding 0%), 0.01% or less of nitrogen (N) (excluding 0%), 0.02-0.06% of aluminum (sol. Al), 0.2% or less of molybdenum (Mo) (excluding 0%), 0.003% or less of boron (B) (excluding 0%), and a remainder of Fe and other inevitable impurities, in wt %;

has a microstructure including 90% or more of ferrite, and a remainder of martensite and bainite, wherein B (%), as defined by Equation 1, is 3% or less;

contains a percentage of martensite (M %) having an average particle diameter of 5 μm or less occupying space in ferrite grain boundaries (including grain boundary triple points) of 90% or higher, as defined by Equation 2; and

at ¼t based on the thickness (t) of the sheet, the ratio of a C concentration (a) in the ferrite phase to a C concentration (b) in the martensite phase, i.e., (a)/(b), is 0.7 or less, and the ratio of an Mn concentration (c) in the ferrite phase to an Mn concentration (d) in the martensite phase, i.e., (c)/(d), is 0.8 or less,

B (%)={ BA /( MA+BA )}×100  [Equation 1]

where BA is the area occupied by bainite, and MA is the area occupied by martensite,

M (%)={ M gb /( M gb +M in )}×100  [Equation 2]

where M gb is the amount of martensite in ferrite grain boundaries, and M in is the amount of martensite within ferrite grains, the martensite having an average particle diameter of 5 μm or less.

4. The hot-dip galvannealed steel sheet of claim 3 , wherein, in the base steel sheet, the ferrite phase has an average grain size of 4 μm or greater, and the area occupied by the ferrite phase having an average grain size of 7 μm or greater in the entire ferrite phase is 10% or higher.

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 NAME OF THE FIRST INVENTOR PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 042040 FRAME 0548. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded May 12, 2017
From: HAN, SANG HO; HAN, SEONG HO
To: POSCO
Reel/Frame 042449/0433 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 18, 2017
From: HAN, SAN HO; HAN, SEONG HO
To: POSCO
Reel/Frame 042040/0548 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0187935 · Dec 24, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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