IP Library Granted Patent US 9,896,737
Granted Patent B2
US 9,896,737 · App. 15/323,617 · Granted Feb 20, 2018

Hot-rolled steel sheet

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Patent No.
US 9,896,737
App. No.
15/323,617
Granted
Feb 20, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hot-rolled steel sheet consists of, in mass %, C: 0.03-0.2%, Mn: 0.1-3.0%, P: 0.10% or less, S: 0.03% or less, Al+Si: 0.2-3.0%, N: more than 0% to 0.01%, O: more than 0% to 0.01%, and balance: iron and impurities. A microstructure contains ferrite and hard phases of martensite and/or austenite in an amount of, in area fraction, 3% to less than 20%. Hard phases with an aspect ratio of 3 or more account for 60% or more of the hard phases present in a sheet-thickness central portion. A length in a rolling direction of the hard phases is less than 20 μm. An average aspect ratio of ferrite grains is less than 5. The sum of X-ray random intensity ratios of <011> and <111> orientation from the rolling direction is 3.5 or more, and an X-ray random intensity ratio of <001> orientation from the rolling direction is 1.0 or less.

Claims (45)

1. A hot-rolled steel sheet having a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %,

C: 0.03 to 0.2%,

Mn: 0.1 to 3.0%,

P: 0.10% or less,

S: 0.03% or less,

Al+Si: 0.2 to 3.0%,

N: more than 0% and equal to or less than 0.01%,

O: more than 0% and equal to or less than 0.01%,

Ti: 0 to 0.3%,

Nb: 0 to 0.3%,

Mg: 0 to 0.01%,

Ca: 0 to 0.01%,

REM: 0 to 0.1%,

B: 0 to 0.01%,

Cu: 0 to 2.0%,

Ni: 0 to 2.0%,

Mo: 0 to 1.0%,

V: 0 to 0.3%,

Cr: 0 to 2.0%, and

the balance: iron and impurities,

wherein a microstructure of the hot-rolled steel sheet contains ferrite as the main constituent, and contains hard phases of martensite and/or austenite in an amount of, in area fraction, equal to or more than 3% and less than 20%,

the hard phases with an aspect ratio of 3 or more account for 60% or more of the hard phases present in a sheet-thickness central portion based on number of the hard phases,

a length in a rolling direction of the hard phases present in the sheet-thickness central portion is less than 20 μm,

an average aspect ratio of ferrite grains is less than 5, and

the sum of X-ray random intensity ratios of <011> orientation and <111> orientation as viewed from the rolling direction is 3.5 or more, and an X-ray random intensity ratio of <001> orientation as viewed from the rolling direction is 1.0 or less.

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

one or more selected from

Ti: equal to or more than (0.005+48/14[N]+48/32[S])% to equal to or less than 0.3%, and

Nb: 0.01 to 0.3%,

where [N] indicates an N content (mass %) and [S] indicates an S content (mass %).

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

one or more selected from

Mg: 0.0005 to 0.01%,

Ca: 0.0005 to 0.01%, and

REM: 0.0005 to 0.1%.

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

B: 0.0002 to 0.01%.

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

one or more selected from

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%.

6. The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , comprising a hot-dip galvanized layer or a galvannealed layer on its surface.

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 Jan 4, 2017
From: SHUTO, HIROSHI; YOKOI, TATSUO; MAEDA, DAISUKE; SAKURADA, EISAKU; TOYODA, TAKESHI
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040842/0018 →