IP Library Granted Patent US 10,344,363
Granted Patent B2
US 10,344,363 · App. 15/766,764 · Granted Jul 9, 2019

Hot-rolled steel and steel component

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Patent No.
US 10,344,363
App. No.
15/766,764
Granted
Jul 9, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is a hot-rolled steel according to one aspect of the invention including predetermined chemical compositions including 0.0001 to 0.0050 mass % of Bi, in which 90 area % or more of a metallographic structure is configured with a ferrite and a pearlite, and an average number density of Mn sulfides extending along a rolling direction and having an aspect ratio exceeding 10 and equal to or smaller than 30, which is measured on a cross section parallel to the rolling direction, is 50 to 200 number/mm 2 .

Claims (61)

1. A hot-rolled steel,

wherein a chemical composition comprises:

C: 0.35 to 0.45 mass %,

Si: 0.6 to 1.0 mass %,

Mn: 0.60 to 0.90 mass %,

P: 0.010 to 0.035 mass %,

S: 0.06 to 0.10 mass %,

Cr: 0.25 mass % or less,

V: 0.20 to 0.40 mass %,

Zr: 0.0002 to 0.0050 mass %,

N: 0.0060 to 0.0150 mass %,

Bi: 0.0001 to 0.0050 mass %,

Ti: 0 to 0.050 mass %,

Nb: 0 to 0.030 mass %,

Mg: 0 to 0.0050 mass %,

REM: 0 to 0.0010 mass %, and

a remainder including iron and impurities,

90 area % or more of a metallographic structure is configured with a ferrite and a pearlite, and

an average number density of Mn sulfides having an equivalent circle diameter of 1 to 5 μm, extending along a rolling direction, and having an aspect ratio exceeding 10 and equal to or smaller than 30, which is measured on a cross section parallel to the rolling direction, is 50 to 200 number/mm 2 .

2. The hot-rolled steel according to claim 1 ,

wherein the chemical composition includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of

Ti: 0.005 to 0.050 mass %,

Nb: 0.005 to 0.030 mass %,

Mg: 0.0005 to 0.0050 mass %, and

REM: 0.0003 to 0.0010 mass %.

3. A steel component,

wherein a chemical composition comprises:

C: 0.35 to 0.45 mass %,

Si: 0.6 to 1.0 mass %,

Mn: 0.60 to 0.90 mass %,

P: 0.010 to 0.035 mass %,

S: 0.06 to 0.10 mass %,

Cr: 0.25 mass % or less,

V: 0.20 to 0.40 mass %,

Zr: 0.0002 to 0.0050 mass %,

N: 0.0060 to 0.0150 mass %,

Bi: 0.0001 to 0.0050 mass %,

Ti: 0 to 0.050 mass %,

Nb: 0 to 0.030 mass %,

Mg: 0 to 0.0050 mass %,

REM: 0 to 0.0010 mass %, and

a remainder including iron and impurities,

90 area % or more of a metallographic structure is configured with a ferrite and a pearlite, and

an average number density of Mn sulfides having an equivalent circle diameter of 1 to 5 μm, extending along a rolling direction, having an aspect ratio exceeding 10 and equal to or smaller than 30, which is measured on a cross section parallel to the rolling direction, is 50 to 200 number/mm 2 .

4. The steel component according to claim 3 ,

wherein, in a case where tensile fracture of the steel component is performed by tensile stress parallel to the rolling direction to form fracture surfaces,

steps, in which a difference in height towards a direction parallel to the tensile stress is equal to or greater than 80 μm and an angle with respect to the direction parallel to the tensile stress is equal to or smaller than 45 degrees, and which are observed on the cross section parallel to the rolling direction, are formed on the fracture surface at an average number density of equal to or greater than 2.0 pieces per 10 mm,

a brittle fracture surface is 98 area % or more with respect to the fracture surface, and

an average number density of cracks or recesses, in which an angle with respect to the direction parallel to the tensile stress exceeds 45 degrees, which are formed over a length equal to or longer than 80 μm and observed on the cross section parallel to the rolling direction, and in which a part of the cracks or the recesses are propagated to an inner portion of the steel component, is smaller than 3.0 pieces per 10 mm on the fracture surface.

5. The steel component according to claim 3 ,

wherein the chemical composition includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of

Ti: 0.005 to 0.050 mass %,

Nb: 0.005 to 0.030 mass %,

Mg: 0.0005 to 0.0050 mass %, and

REM: 0.0003 to 0.0010 mass %.

6. The steel component according to claim 4 ,

wherein the chemical composition includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of

Ti: 0.005 to 0.050 mass %,

Nb: 0.005 to 0.030 mass %,

Mg: 0.0005 to 0.0050 mass %, and

REM: 0.0003 to 0.0010 mass %.

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 Apr 10, 2018
From: YOSHIDA, SUGURU; TERAMOTO, SHINYA; SHIGA, AKIRA; KUBOTA, MANABU; HASEGAWA, HAJIME; MIZUKAMI, HIDEO
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 045498/0720 →