IP Library Granted Patent US 10,273,556
Granted Patent B2
US 10,273,556 · App. 15/107,555 · Granted Apr 30, 2019

Lightweight steel sheet having excellent strength and ductility and method for manufacturing same

Inventors: Jai-Hyun Kwak (Gwangyang-si, KR); Min-Seo Koo (Gwangyang-si, KR); Dong-Seoug Sin (Gwangyang-si, KR)
Assignee: POSCO
C21D9/46C21D3/04C21D8/0205C21D8/0226C21D8/0236C21D8/0263C21D8/0273C21D8/0278C22C38/00C22C38/002C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/08C22C38/16C22C38/60C21D8/02C21D2211/001C21D2211/005
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Patent No.
US 10,273,556
App. No.
15/107,555
Granted
Apr 30, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a lightweight steel sheet and a method of manufacturing the same, wherein high strength and ductility can be achieved in the lightweight steel sheet even when a small amount of carbon and manganese is added, by preventing loss of austenite due to decarburizing through inhibiting decarburization, which occurs during a heat treatment step of a steel sheet containing austenite.

Claims (22)

1. A lightweight steel sheet having improved strength and ductility comprising:

carbon (C) of 0.1 to 1.2 wt %, manganese (Mn) of 2 to 10 wt %, aluminum (Al) of 3 to 10 wt %, phosphorus (P) of 0.1 wt % or less, and sulfur (S) of 0.01 wt % or less,

wherein the composition of the lightweight steel sheet comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of nickel (Ni) of 5.0% or less, copper (Cu) of 5.0 wt % or less, antimony (Sb) of 0.01 to 0.05 wt %, and boron (B) of 0.01 wt % or less,

wherein the remainder of the composition comprises iron (Fe) and impurities,

wherein a value of the following formula B* satisfies from 2 to 10

B*=Ni+0.5Cu+100Sb+500B (a value of each component corresponds to wt %), and

wherein a microstructure of the light weight steel sheet comprises 31 to 50 area % of a remaining austenite added to a ferritic base structure.

2. The lightweight steel sheet having improved strength and ductility of claim 1 , wherein tensile strength of the lightweight steel sheet is 700 MPa or more, and an elongation percentage of the lightweight steel sheet is 30% or more.

3. A method of manufacturing a lightweight steel sheet having improved strength and ductility comprising:

re-heating a steel slab at a temperature of 1,000 to 1,200° C., the steel slab comprising carbon (C) of 0.1 to 1.2 wt %, manganese (Mn) of 2 to 10 wt %, aluminum (Al) of 3 to 10 wt %, phosphorus (P) of 0.1 wt % or less, and sulfur (S) of 0.01 wt % or less,

wherein the composition of the steel slab comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of nickel (Ni) of 5.0% or less, copper (Cu) of 5.0 wt % or less, antimony (Sb) of 0.01 to 0.05 wt %, and boron (B) of 0.01 wt % or less,

wherein the remainder of the composition comprises iron (Fe) and impurities, and

wherein a value of the following formula B* satisfies from 2 to 10,

B*=Ni+0.5Cu+100Sb+500B (a value of each component corresponds to wt %);

hot rolling the re-heated steel slab, and finally hot rolling the re-heated steel slab at a temperature of 700° C. or more;

manufacturing a hot rolled steel sheet by winding the hot rolled steel slab;

cold rolling the hot rolled steel sheet at a cold reducing rate of 40% or more,

wherein when the hot rolled steel sheet remains heated at a temperature of 700° C. for 30 minutes under an air atmosphere, a thickness of a decarbonization layer is 10 μm or less.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein a microstructure of the steel slab during the hot rolling thereof comprises austenite at a surface integral ratio of 5% or more.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the hot rolled steel sheet is subjected to thermal treatment at a temperature of 500 to 800° C. for at least one hour.

6. The method of claim 3 , wherein the cold rolled steel sheet is heated from a recrystallization temperature to a temperature of 900° C. at a heating rate of 1 to 20° C./s, remains heated for 10 to 180 seconds, and is cooled at a cooling rate of 1 to 100° C./s.

7. The method of claim 3 , further comprising forming a coating layer including one selected from Zn, Zn—Fe, Zn—Al, Zn—Mg, Zn—Al—Mg, Al—Si, and Al—Mg—Si.

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 23, 2016
From: KWAK, JAI-HYUN; KOO, MIN-SEO; SIN, DONG-SEOUG
To: POSCO
Reel/Frame 038994/0031 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2013-0163227 · Dec 24, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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