IP Library Granted Patent US 10,301,707
Granted Patent B2
US 10,301,707 · App. 15/102,646 · Granted May 28, 2019

Steel having excellent weldability and impact toughness of welding zone

Inventors: Hak-Cheol Lee (Pohang-si, KR); In-Shik Suh (Pohang-si, KR); Yong-Jin Kim (Pohang-si, KR); In-Gyu Park (Pohang-si, KR)
Assignee: POSCO
C22C38/04
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Patent No.
US 10,301,707
App. No.
15/102,646
Granted
May 28, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a steel having excellent weldability and impact toughness in a welding zone comprising: by weight (wt.) %, carbon (C): 0.1% to 0.3%, manganese (Mn): 11% to 13%, iron (Fe) as a residual component thereof, and other inevitable impurities, and positive and negative segregation zones in a layered form. The positive segregation zone comprises austenite and epsilon martensite, and the negative segregation zone comprises, by area fraction, epsilon martensite of less than 5% and alpha martensite.

Claims (7)

1. A steel having excellent weldability and impact toughness in a welding zone, comprising:

by weight(wt.)%, carbon (C): 0.1% to 0.3%, manganese (Mn): 11% to 13%, iron (Fe) as a residual component thereof, and other inevitable impurities, and positive and negative segregation zones in a layered form,

wherein the positive segregation zone comprises austenite and epsilon martensite, and the negative segregation zone comprises, by area fraction, epsilon martensite of less than 5% (excluding 0%) and alpha martensite.

2. The steel having excellent weldability and impact toughness in a welding zone of claim 1 , wherein the epsilon martensite and the alpha martensite have a lattice structure in the negative segregation zone.

3. The steel having excellent weldability and impact toughness in a welding zone of claim 1 , wherein the positive segregation zone comprises the austenite of 50% or more and the epsilon martensite as a remainder.

4. The steel having excellent weldability and impact toughness in a welding zone of claim 1 , wherein an effective grain size of the alpha martensite is 3 μm or less.

5. The steel having excellent weldability and impact toughness in a welding zone of claim 1 , further comprising: a welding zone where the steel has been welded, wherein the welding zone has an impact toughness of 64J or greater at a temperature of −60 ° C.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2022
From: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
To: POSCO CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 061777/0974 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 28, 2022
From: POSCO
To: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
Reel/Frame 061562/0012 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2016
From: LEE, HAK-CHEOL; SUH, IN-SHIK; KIM, YONG-JIN; PARK, IN-GYU
To: POSCO
Reel/Frame 038842/0886 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2013-0163226 · Dec 24, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160312344A1 · Oct 27, 2016