IP Library Granted Patent US 10,023,929
Granted Patent B2
US 10,023,929 · App. 14/767,807 · Granted Jul 17, 2018

Hot-rolled steel sheet

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Patent No.
US 10,023,929
App. No.
14/767,807
Granted
Jul 17, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hot-rolled steel sheet has a composition containing: in mass %, C: 0.01 to 0.2%; Si: 2.5% or less; Mn: 4.0% or less; P: 0.10% or less; S: 0.03% or less; Al: 0.001 to 2.0%; N: 0.01% or less; and O: 0.01% or less, and one kind or a total of two kinds of Ti and Nb for 0.01 to 0.30%. An average effective crystal grain diameter at a sheet thickness ¼ part is 10 μm or less, and an average effective crystal grain diameter at a part of a range of 50 μm from a surface is 6 μm or less. A structure of the steel sheet is tempered martensite or lower bainite, and a volume fraction thereof is 90% or more as a total.

Claims (42)

1. A hot-rolled steel sheet, comprising:

a composition containing in mass %,

C: 0.01 to 0.2%;

Si: 2.5% or less (excluding “0” (zero));

Mn: 4.0% or less (excluding “0” (zero));

P: 0.10% or less;

S: 0.03% or less;

Al: 0.001 to 2.0%;

N: 0.01% or less (excluding “0” (zero));

O: 0.01% or less (excluding “0” (zero));

Cu: “0” (zero) to 2.0%;

Ni: “0” (zero) to 2.0%;

Mo: “0” (zero) to 1.0%;

V: “0” (zero) to 0.3%;

Cr: “0” (zero) to 2.0%;

Mg: “0” (zero) to 0.01%;

Ca: “0” (zero) to 0.01%;

REM: “0” (zero) to 0.1%;

B: “0” (zero) to 0.01%; and

Ti+Nb: 0.01 to 0.30%, and the balance made up of iron and impurities, and

a structure comprises lower bainite generated at less than 400° C., a volume fraction of lower bainite generated at less than 400° C. is 5% or more, and

a total of volume fractions of both of tempered martensite and lower bainite generated at less than 400° C. is 90% or more,

wherein an average effective crystal grain diameter of effective crystal grains in a region between a surface of the steel sheet and a position at a depth of ¼ of a sheet thickness from the surface, in the whole steel sheet, is 10 μm or less, and

wherein an average effective crystal grain diameter in a region from the surface of the steel sheet to a position at a depth of 50 μm from the surface is 6 μm or less.

2. The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein iron-based carbides existing in the either one or both of tempered martensite and lower bainite are 1×10 6 (pieces/mm 2 ) or more, and an average aspect ratio of the effective crystal grains of the either one or both of tempered martensite and lower bainite is two or less.

3. The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , further comprising, in mass %,

one kind or two or more kinds selected from a group made up of:

Cu: 0.01 to 2.0%;

Ni: 0.01 to 2.0%;

Mo: 0.01 to 1.0%;

V: 0.01 to 0.3%; and

Cr: 0.01 to 2.0%.

4. The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , further comprising, in mass %,

one kind or two or more kinds selected from a group made up of:

Mg: 0.0005 to 0.01%;

Ca: 0.0005 to 0.01%; and

REM: 0.0005 to 0.1%.

5. The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , further comprising, in mass %,

B: 0.0002 to 0.01%.

6. The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein a galvanized layer or an alloyed galvanized layer is included at a surface of the steel sheet.

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 Aug 14, 2015
From: SHUTO, HIROSHI; AZUMA, MASAFUMI; SAKAKIBARA, AKIFUMI; KANZAWA, YUUKI; KIMURA, KEN
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036330/0735 →