IP Library Granted Patent US 10,889,873
Granted Patent B2
US 10,889,873 · App. 15/452,383 · Granted Jan 12, 2021

Complex-phase steel sheet having excellent formability and method of manufacturing the same

Inventors: Yeon Sang An (Gwangyang-si, KR); Sang Ho Han (Gwangyang-si, KR)
Assignee: POSCO
C21D9/46B32B15/013C21D8/0226C21D8/0236C21D8/0263C21D8/0278C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/02C22C38/06C22C38/22C22C38/32C22C38/38C23C2/06C23C2/28C23C2/40C21D2211/002C21D2211/005C21D2211/008
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Patent No.
US 10,889,873
App. No.
15/452,383
Granted
Jan 12, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A high strength steel sheet mainly used as an automotive exterior panel material is provided. In detail, a complex-phase steel sheet having excellent formability and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. A steel sheet may have excellent strength and ductility, and a relatively low yield ratio and an excellent surface quality may be provided.

Claims (11)

1. A steel sheet, comprising:

by weight %, 0.02% to 0.1% of carbon (C), 1.3% to 2.0% of manganese (Mn), more than 0% to 0.2% or less of silicon (Si), 0.5% to 1.5% of chromium (Cr), more than 0% to 0.1% or less of phosphorus (P), more than 0% to 0.01% or less of sulfur (S), more than 0% to 0.01% or less of nitrogen (N), 0.01% to 0.06% of soluble aluminum (sol.Al), more than 0% to 0.2% or less of molybdenum (Mo), more than 0% to 0.003% or less of boron (B), and iron (Fe) and inevitable impurities as remainders thereof; and

by an area fraction, ferrite (F) of 80% or more, martensite (M) of 20% or less (excluding 0%), and bainite (B) of 5% or less, as a microstructure,

wherein in a matrix structure at a thickness ¼T point of the steel sheet, a ratio (C M /C F ) of a carbon (C) average concentration (C M ) in a martensite phase and a C average concentration (C F ) in a ferrite phase is 50 or less, and a ratio (Cr F /C F ) of a Cr average concentration (Cr F ) in a ferrite phase and a C average concentration (C F ) in a ferrite phase is 60 or more, where in ¼T, T indicates a thickness in mm of the steel sheet.

2. The steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein the steel sheet comprises carbon (C) of 0.02 to 0.08 weight %.

3. The steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein a content relationship between chromium (Cr) and carbon (C) in the matrix structure at the thickness ¼T point satisfies the following Relational Expression 1,

Cr/(C+Cr)≥0.8  [Relational Expression 1]

where Cr and C indicate weight contents of respective elements.

4. The steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein a ratio (H M /H F ) of hardness (H M ) of the martensite phase and hardness (H F ) of the ferrite phase is 4 or less.

5. The steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein in the steel sheet, a yield ratio (YR=YS/TS) is 0.6 or less, and a product of tensile strength (TS, MPa)×ductility (El) is 16000 MPa % or more.

6. The steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein the steel sheet is one of a cold-rolled steel sheet, a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet, and an alloyed galvanneled steel sheet.

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 Mar 7, 2017
From: AN, YEON SANG; HAN, SANG HO
To: POSCO
Reel/Frame 041488/0635 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0027874 · Mar 8, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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