IP Library Granted Patent US 10,724,114
Granted Patent B2
US 10,724,114 · App. 15/740,055 · Granted Jul 28, 2020

High-strength cold-rolled steel sheet, high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet and high-strength galvannealed steel sheet

Inventors: Takafumi Yokoyama (Tokyo, JP); Hiroyuki Kawata (Tokyo, JP); Riki Okamoto (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
C21D9/46B32B15/013B32B15/18C21D8/0205C21D8/0226C21D8/0236C21D8/0278C22C38/00C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/005C22C38/008C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/08C22C38/12C22C38/14C22C38/16C22C38/22C22C38/26C22C38/28C22C38/32C22C38/38C22C38/60C23C2/02C23C2/06C23C2/28C23C2/40C23F17/00C21D2211/001C21D2211/002C21D2211/005C21D2211/008
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Patent No.
US 10,724,114
App. No.
15/740,055
Granted
Jul 28, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet is provided that has a chemical composition that consists of, by mass %, C: 0.050 to 0.40%, Si: 0.01 to 3.0%, Mn: 1.0 to 5.0%, sol. Al: 0.001 to 1.0%, Ti: 0.005 to 0.20%, B: 0.0005 to 0.010%, P: 0.1% or less, S: 0.01% or less, O: 0.1% or less, N: 0.01% or less, Cr: 0 to 1.0%, Mo: 0 to 1.0%, Ni: 0 to 1.0%, Cu: 0 to 1.0%, Sn: 0 to 0.50%, Nb: 0 to 0.20%, V: 0 to 0.50%, W: 0 to 0.50%, Ca: 0 to 0.01%, Mg: 0 to 0.01%, Bi: 0 to 0.01%, Sb: 0 to 0.10%, Zr: 0 to 0.01%, and REM: 0 to 0.01%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and that satisfies the formulas [sol. Bs/B≤0.50] and [sol. Bq/B>0.50] (where, B: B amount in the steel; sol. Bs: soluble B amount in a surface layer portion of the steel; and sol. Bq: soluble B amount in the steel interior).

Claims (76)

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

C: 0.050 to 0.40%,

Si: 0.01 to 3.0%,

Mn: 1.0 to 5.0%,

sol. Al: 0.001 to 1.0%,

Ti: 0.005 to 0.20%,

B: 0.0005 to 0.010%,

P: 0.1% or less,

S: 0.01% or less,

O: 0.1% or less,

N: 0.01% or less,

Cr: 0 to 1.0%,

Mo: 0 to 1.0%,

Ni: 0 to 1.0%,

Cu: 0 to 1.0%,

Sn: 0 to 0.50%,

Nb: 0 to 0.20%,

V: 0 to 0.50%,

W: 0 to 0.50%,

Ca: 0 to 0.01%,

Mg: 0 to 0.01%,

Bi: 0 to 0.01%,

Sb: 0 to 0.10%,

Zr: 0 to 0.01%,

REM: 0 to 0.01%, and

the balance: Fe and impurities,

and satisfying formula (i) and formula (ii) below:

sol. Bs/B≤0.50  (i)

sol. Bq/B>0.50  (ii)

where, the meaning of each symbol in the above formulas is as follows:

B: B content (mass %) contained in steel sheet;

sol. Bs: B content (mass %) present as a solid solution from a surface down to a depth of 30 μm of the steel sheet wherein the value of sol. Bs s determined calculating the B amount consumed as a precipitate by measuring the mass of boride by an electrolytic extraction residue method to a depth of 30 μm without grinding the steel sheet surface, and thereafter deducting the calculated B amount from the B content contained in the steel; and

sol. Bq: B content (mass %) present as a solid solution at a position of ¼ thickness of the steel sheet, wherein the value of sol. Bq is determined by calculating the B amount consumed as a precipitate by measuring the mass of boride by an electrolytic extraction residue method by mechanically grinding the steel sheet to the position of ¼ thickness, and thereafter performing electrolytic extraction to a depth of 30 μm, and thereafter deducting the calculated B amount from the B content contained in the steel.

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

Cr: 0.001 to 1.0%,

Mo: 0.001 to 1.0%,

Ni: 0.001 to 1.0%,

Cu: 0.001 to 1.0%,

Sn: 0.001 to 0.50%,

Nb: 0.001 to 0.20%,

V: 0.001 to 0.50%,

W: 0.001 to 0.50%,

Ca: 0.0001 to 0.01%,

Mg: 0.0001 to 0.01%,

BI: 0.0001 to 0.01%,

Sb: 0.0001 to 0.10%,

Zr: 0.0001 to 0.01%, and

REM: 0.0001 to 0.01%.

3. The cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein:

a steel micro-structure at a position from a surface down to a depth of 30 μm of the steel sheet is, in area %:

polygonal ferrite: 10 to 95%, and

the balance: one or more kinds selected from martensite, bainite and retained austenite,

with a proportion of tempered martensite to the martensite overall being 50% or more; and

a steel micro-structure at a position of ¼ thickness of the steel sheet is, in area %:

polygonal ferrite: 60% or less, and

the balance: one or more kinds selected from martensite, bainite and retained austenite,

with a proportion of tempered martensite to the martensite overall being 50% or more.

4. The cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 3 , wherein:

a steel micro-structure at a position from the surface down to the depth of 30 μm of the steel sheet is, in area %:

polygonal ferrite: 30 to 95%; and

a steel micro-structure at the position of ¼ thickness of the steel sheet is, in area %,

polygonal ferrite: 10 to 60%.

5. The cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 4 , wherein:

a tensile strength is 980 MPa or more, and a ratio R/t between a sheet thickness t and a minimum bending radius R is 2.5 or less.

6. The cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 3 , wherein:

a steel micro-structure at a position from the surface down to the depth of 30 μm of the steel sheet is, in area %:

polygonal ferrite: 10 to 80%, and

a steel micro-structure at the position of ¼ thickness of the steel sheet is, in area %:

polygonal ferrite: 20% or less,

martensite: 50% or more,

bainite: 40% or less, and

retained austenite: 20% or less.

7. The high strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 6 , wherein:

a tensile strength is 1180 MPa or more, and a ratio R/t between a sheet thickness t and a minimum bending radius R is 3.5 or less.

8. A high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet that has a hot-dip galvanized layer on a surface of the cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 .

9. A high-strength galvannealed steel sheet that has a galvannealed layer on a surface of the cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 .

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 Dec 27, 2017
From: YOKOYAMA, TAKAFUMI; KAWATA, HIROYUKI; OKAMOTO, RIKI
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044489/0285 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2015-131206 · Jun 30, 2015 · national
JP 2015-131207 · Jun 30, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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