IP Library Granted Patent US 10,337,092
Granted Patent B2
US 10,337,092 · App. 14/785,788 · Granted Jul 2, 2019

Steel sheet

Inventors: Takashi Morohoshi (Kisarazu, JP); Takashi Aramaki (Kitakyushu, JP); Masafumi Zeze (Kitakyushu, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
C22C38/50C21C7/06C21C7/068C21D8/0226C21D8/0263C21D8/0426C21D8/0463C22C38/00C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/005C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/08C22C38/12C22C38/14C22C38/16C22C38/22C22C38/24C22C38/26C22C38/28C22C38/42C22C38/54C21D9/46C21D2211/004
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Patent No.
US 10,337,092
App. No.
14/785,788
Granted
Jul 2, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A steel sheet according to the present invention includes a predetermined chemical composition, in which amounts of each elements by mass % in the chemical composition satisfy both of expression “0.3000≤{Ca/40.88+(REM/140)/2}/(S/32.07)” and expression “Ca≤0.0058−0.0050×C”, and a number density of carbonitrides including Ti which exists independently and has a long side of 5 μm or more is limited to 5 pieces/mm 2 or less.

Claims (73)

1. A steel sheet, wherein

a chemical composition comprises, by mass %:

C: more than 0.25% and 0.48% or less;

Si: 0.10% to 0.60%;

Mn: 0.40% to 0.90%;

Al: 0.003% to 0.070%;

Ca: 0.0005% to 0.0040%;

REM: 0.0003% to 0.0050%;

Cu: 0% to 0.05%;

Nb: 0% to 0.05%;

V: 0% to 0.05%;

Mo: 0% to 0.05%;

Ni: 0% to 0.05%;

Cr: 0% to 0.50%;

B: 0% to 0.0050%;

P: limited to 0.020% or less;

S: limited to 0.0070% or less;

Ti: limited to 0.050% or less;

O: limited to 0.0040% or less;

N: limited to 0.0075% or less; and

remainder including iron and impurity,

amounts of each elements by mass % in the chemical composition satisfy both of expression 1 and expression 2,

a number density of carbonitrides including Ti which exists independently and has a long side of 5 μm or more is limited to 5 pieces/mm 2 or less,

0.3000≤{Ca/40.88+(REM/140)/2}/(S/32.07):  expression 1, and

Ca≤0.0058−0.0050×C:  expression 2,

a number density of A-type inclusions, which is defined as inclusions of which an aspect ratio is 3.0 or more, is 6 pieces/mm 2 or less,

a total number density of B-type inclusions, which are defined as inclusions which form inclusion groups in which three or more of the inclusions form a line along the working direction, in which clearance between the inclusions is 50 μm or less, and in which the aspect ratio of the inclusions are less than 3.0, and C-type inclusions, which are defined as inclusions of which an aspect ratio is 3.0 or less, and which disperse in a random manner, is 6 pieces/mm 2 or less, and

a number density of coarse inclusions, which is defined as inclusions which are B-type or C-type and of which maximum length are 20 μm or more, is 6 pieces/mm 2 or less.

2. The steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein

the chemical composition further comprises one or more of, by mass %:

Cu: 0.01% to 0.05%;

Nb: 0.01% to 0.05%;

V: 0.01% to 0.05%;

Mo: 0.01% to 0.05%;

Ni: 0.01% to 0.05%;

Cr: 0.01% to 0.50%; and

B: 0.0010% to 0.0050%.

3. The steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein

the steel sheet further includes

a composite inclusion which includes Al, Ca, O, S, and REM, and

an inclusion in which the carbonitride including Ti is adhered on the composite inclusion.

4. The steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein

the amounts of the each elements by mass % in the chemical composition satisfy expression 3,

18×(REM/140)−O/16≥0:  expression 3.

5. The steel sheet according to claim 3 , wherein

the amounts of the each elements by mass % in the chemical composition satisfy expression 4,

18×(REM/140)−O/16≥0:  expression 4.

6. The steel sheet according to claim 2 , wherein

the steel sheet further includes

a composite inclusion which includes Al, Ca, O, S, and REM, and

an inclusion in which the carbonitride including Ti is adhered on the composite inclusion.

7. The steel sheet according to claim 2 , wherein

the amounts of the each elements by mass % in the chemical composition satisfy expression 3,

18×(REM/140)−O/16≥0:  expression 3.

8. The steel sheet according to claim 6 , wherein

the amounts of the each elements by mass % in the chemical composition satisfy expression 4,

18×(REM/140)−O/16≥0:  expression 4.

9. The steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein

C: more than 0.25% and 0.47% or less.

10. The steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein

C: more than 0.25% and 0.44% or less.

11. The steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein

the steel sheet is obtained by a manufacturing method comprising:

manufacturing a molten steel by converter refining and second refining a blast furnace molten iron;

continuously-casting the molten steel so as to be a slab; and

hot rolling the slab;

during the second refining in a ladle after a decarburization treatment in a converter, the composition of the molten steel is controlled while controlling inclusions by adding Ca and REM,

wherein Ca and REM are added after controlling the composition of other elements and floating Al 2 O 3 caused by Al deoxidization from the molten steel, and wherein

Ca is added after adding REM.

12. The steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein

the steel sheet has 1200 MPa or more of tensile strength,

the steel sheet has 6 J/cm 2 or more of charpy impact value at room temperature, and

the steel sheet has 80% or more of hole expansion value λ, in which the hole expansion value λ is evaluated by making a punched hole having a diameter of 10 mm at a center of the steel sheet of 150 mm×150 mm having a thickness of 5 mm, stretching the punched hole to expand by 60° of circular conic punch, measuring a hole diameter D (mm) when a cracking penetrating the steel thickness occurs in the steel sheet by the stretching and expanding, and calculating the hole expansion value λ by an expression λ=(D−10)/10×100.

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 Oct 21, 2015
From: MOROHOSHI, TAKASHI; ARAMAKI, TAKASHI; ZEZE, MASAFUMI
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036843/0199 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-092408 · Apr 25, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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