IP Library Granted Patent US 10,822,680
Granted Patent B2
US 10,822,680 · App. 15/563,986 · Granted Nov 3, 2020

Steel sheet for heat treatment

Inventors: Yoshihiro Suwa (Tokyo, JP); Shinichiro Tabata (Tokyo, JP); Masafumi Azuma (Tokyo, JP); Kazuo Hikida (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
C22C38/58B21B1/026B21B1/22B22D11/00C21D9/46C22C38/00C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/005C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/14C22C38/20C22C38/22C22C38/24C22C38/26C22C38/28C22C38/32C22C38/34C22C38/42C22C38/44C22C38/48C22C38/50C22C38/54C22C38/60B21B2001/028B21B2001/221B22D11/001
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Patent No.
US 10,822,680
App. No.
15/563,986
Granted
Nov 3, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A steel sheet for heat treatment having a chemical composition including, by mass %: C: 0.05 to 0.50%; Si: 0.50 to 5.0%; Mn; 1.5 to 4.0%; P: 0.05% or less; S: 0.05% or less; N: 0.01% or less; Ti: 0.01 to 0.10%; B: 0.0005 to 0.010%; Cr: 0 to 1.0%; Ni: 0 to 2.0%; Cu: 0 to 1.0%; Mo: 0 to 1.0%; V: 0 to 1.0%; Ca: 0 to 0.01%; Al: 0 to 1.0%; Nb: 0 to 1.0%; REM: 0 to 0.1%; and the balance: Fe and impurities, wherein a maximum height roughness Rz on a surface of the steel sheet is 3.0 to 10.0 μm, and a number density of carbide being present in the steel sheet and having circle-equivalent diameters of 0.1 μm or larger is 8.0×10 3 /mm 2 or lower.

Claims (35)

1. A steel sheet for heat treatment having a chemical composition comprising, by mass %:

C: 0.05 to 0.50%;

Si: 0.50 to 5.0%;

Mn: 1.5 to 4.0%;

P: 0.05% or less;

S: 0.05% or less;

N: 0.01% or less;

Ti: 0.01 to 0.10%;

B: 0.0005 to 0.010%;

Cr: 0 to 1.0%;

Ni: 0 to 2.0%;

Cu: 0 to 1.0%;

Mo: 0 to 1.0%;

V: 0 to 1.0%;

Ca: 0 to 0.01%;

Al: 0 to 1.0%;

Nb: 0 to 1.0%;

REM: 0 to 0.1%; and

the balance: Fe and impurities, wherein

a maximum height roughness Rz on a surface of the steel sheet is 3.0 to 10.0 μm,

carbides are present in the steel sheet, and a number density of the carbides, each having a circle-equivalent diameter of 0.1 μm or larger, is 8.0×10 3 /mm 2 or lower, and

a Mn segregation degree α expressed by a following formula (1) is 1.6 or lower:

α=[Maximum Mn concentration (mass %) at sheet-thickness center portion]/[Average Mn concentration (mass %) in ¼ sheet-thickness depth position from surface]  (i).

2. The steel sheet for heat treatment according to claim 1 , wherein the chemical composition contains, by mass %, one or more elements selected from:

Cr: 0.01 to 1.0%;

Ni: 0.1 to 2.0%;

Cu: 0.1 to 1.0%;

Mo: 0.1 to 1.0%;

V: 0.1 to 1.0%;

Ca: 0.001 to 0.01%;

Al: 0.01 to 1.0%;

Nb: 0.01 to 1.0%; and

REM: 0.001 to 0.1%.

3. The steel sheet for heat treatment according to claim 1 , wherein an index of cleanliness of steel specified in JIS G 0555(2003) is 0.10% or lower.

4. The steel sheet for heat treatment according to claim 2 , wherein an index of cleanliness of steel specified in JIS G 0555(2003) is 0.10% or lower.

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 Oct 3, 2017
From: SUWA, YOSHIHIRO; TABATA, SHINICHIRO; AZUMA, MASAFUMI; HIKIDA, KAZUO
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043762/0924 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP 2015-079386 · Apr 8, 2015 · national
JP 2015-141643 · Jul 15, 2015 · national
JP 2015-141646 · Jul 15, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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