IP Library Granted Patent US 10,167,539
Granted Patent B2
US 10,167,539 · App. 15/460,024 · Granted Jan 1, 2019

Hot-rolled steel sheet and method for producing same

Inventors: Kohichi Sano (Tokyo, JP); Kunio Hayashi (Tokyo, JP); Kazuaki Nakano (Tokyo, JP); Riki Okamoto (Tokyo, JP); Nobuhiro Fujita (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
C22C38/38C21D8/005C21D8/02C21D8/0205C21D8/0226C21D8/0236C21D8/0263C21D8/0273C21D8/0278C21D9/46C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/004C22C38/005C22C38/008C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/08C22C38/10C22C38/105C22C38/12C22C38/14C22C38/16C22C38/18C22C38/22C22C38/28C22C38/32C22C38/60C21D2211/002C21D2211/005C21D2211/008Y10T428/12799
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Patent No.
US 10,167,539
App. No.
15/460,024
Granted
Jan 1, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hot-rolled steel sheet wherein an average pole density of orientation group of {100}<011> to {223}<110> is 1.0 to 5.0 and pole density of crystal orientation {332}<113> is 1.0 to 4.0. The hot-rolled steel sheet includes, as a metallographic structure, by area %, 30% to 99% ferrite and bainite in total, and 1% to 70% martensite. The hot-rolled steel sheet satisfies Expression 1: dia≤13 μm, and also satisfies Expression 2: TS/fM×dis/dia≥500, wherein an area fraction of the martensite is defined as fM in unit of area %, an average size of the martensite is defined as dia in unit of μm, an average distance between the martensite is defined as dis in unit of μm, and tensile strength of the steel sheet is defined as TS in unit of MPa.

Claims (73)

1. A hot-rolled steel sheet comprising, as a chemical composition, by mass %,

C: 0.01% to 0.4%,

Si: 0.001% to 2.5%,

Mn: 0.001% to 4.0%,

Al: 0.001% to 2.0%,

P: limited to 0.15% or less,

S: limited to 0.03% or less,

N: limited to 0.01% or less,

O: limited to 0.01% or less, and

a balance comprising Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein:

an average pole density of an orientation group of {100}<011>to {223}<110>, which is a pole density represented by an arithmetic average of pole densities of each crystal orientation {100}<011>, {116}<110>, {114}<110>, {112}<110>, and {223}<110>, is 1.0 to 5.0, and a pole density of a crystal orientation {332}<113>is 1.0 to 4.0 in a thickness central portion, which is a thickness range of ⅝ to ⅜ based on a surface of the steel sheet;

the steel sheet includes, as a metallographic structure, plural grains, and includes, by area %, 30% to 99% in total of a ferrite and a bainite, and 1% to 70% of a martensite; and

an area fraction of the martensite is defined as fM in unit of area %, an average size of the martensite is defined as dia in unit of μm, an average distance between the martensite is defined as dis in unit of μm, and a tensile strength of the steel sheet is defined as TS in unit of MPa, and a following Expression 1 and a following Expression 2 are satisfied:

dia≤13 μm  (Expression 1)

TS/fM×dis/dia≥500  (Expression 2).

2. The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , further comprising, as the chemical composition, by mass %, at least one selected from the group consisting of:

Mo: 0.001% to 1.0%,

Cr: 0.001% to 2.0%,

Ni: 0.001% to 2.0%,

Cu: 0.001% to 2.0%,

B: 0.0001% to 0.005%,

Nb: 0.001% to 0.2%,

Ti: 0.001% to 0.2%,

V: 0.001% to 1.0%,

W: 0.001% to 1.0%,

Ca: 0.0001% to 0.01%,

Mg: 0.0001% to 0.01%,

Zr: 0.0001% to 0.2%,

Rare Earth Metal: 0.0001% to 0.1%,

As: 0.0001% to 0.5%,

Co: 0.0001% to 1.0%,

Sn: 0.0001% to 0.2%,

Pb: 0.0001% to 0.2%,

Y: 0.0001% to 0.2%, and

Hf: 0.0001% to 0.2%.

3. The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein a volume average diameter of the grains is 5 μm to 30 μm.

4. The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein the average pole density of the orientation group of {100}<011>to {223}<110>is 1.0 to 4.0, and the pole density of the crystal orientation {332}<113>is 1.0 to 3.0.

5. The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein a major axis of the martensite is defined as La, a minor axis of the martensite is defined as Lb, and an area fraction of the martensite satisfying a following Expression 3 is 50% to 100% as compared with the area fraction fM of the martensite:

La/Lb≤ 5.0  (Expression 3).

6. The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein the steel sheet includes, as the metallographic structure, by area %, 30% to 99% of the ferrite.

7. The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein the steel sheet includes, as the metallographic structure, by area %, 5% to 80% of the bainite.

8. The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein the steel sheet includes a tempered martensite in the martensite.

9. The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein an area fraction of coarse grains having a grain size of more than 35 μm is 0% to 10% among the grains in the metallographic structure of the steel sheet.

10. The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein a hardness H of the ferrite under a load of 1 mN in a nano-indenter satisfies a following Expression 4:

H<200+30×[Si]+21×[Mn]+270×[P]+78×[Nb] 1/2 +108×[Ti] 1/2   (Expression 4).

11. The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein a hardness of the ferrite or the bainite which is a primary phase is measured at 100 points or more under a load of 1 mN in a nano-indenter, and a value dividing a standard deviation of the hardness by an average of the hardness is 0.2 or less.

12. The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 2 , wherein a volume average diameter of the grains is 5 μm to 30 μm.

13. The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 2 ,

wherein the average pole density of the orientation group of {100}<011>to {223 } <110>is 1.0 to 4.0, and the pole density of the crystal orientation {332}<113>is 1.0 to 3.0.

14. The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 2 ,

wherein a major axis of the martensite is defined as La, a minor axis of the martensite is defined as Lb, and an area fraction of the martensite satisfying a following Expression 3 is 50% to 100% as compared with the area fraction fM of the martensite:

La/Lb≤ 5.0  (Expression 3).

15. The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 2 ,

wherein the steel sheet includes, as the metallographic structure, by area %, 30% to 99% of the ferrite.

16. The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 2 ,

wherein the steel sheet includes, as the metallographic structure, by area %, 5% to 80% of the bainite.

17. The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 2 ,

wherein the steel sheet includes a tempered martensite in the martensite.

18. The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 2 ,

wherein an area fraction of coarse grains having a grain size of more than 35 μm is 0% to 10% among the grains in the metallographic structure of the steel sheet.

19. The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 2 , wherein a hardness H of the ferrite under a load of 1 mN in a nano-indenter satisfies a following Expression 4:

H<200+30×[Si]+21×[Mn]+270×[P]+78×[Nb] 1/2 +108×[Ti] 1/2   (Expression 4).

20. The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 2 ,

wherein a hardness of the ferrite or the bainite which is a primary phase is measured at 100 points or more under a load of 1 mN in a nano-indenter, and a value dividing a standard deviation of the hardness by an average of the hardness is 0.2 or less.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2019
From: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-117432 · May 25, 2011 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 14119124
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