IP Library Granted Patent US 10,907,234
Granted Patent B2
US 10,907,234 · App. 15/768,696 · Granted Feb 2, 2021

Grain-oriented electrical steel sheet and decarburized steel sheet used for manufacturing the same

Inventors: Hiroshi Fujimura (Tokyo, JP); Fumiaki Takahashi (Tokyo, JP); Takashi Kataoka (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
C21D9/46C21D3/04C21D6/008C21D8/005C21D8/12C21D8/1222C21D8/1233C21D8/1255C21D8/1261C21D8/1283C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/008C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/16C22C38/60C23G1/085H01F1/16H01F1/18
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Patent No.
US 10,907,234
App. No.
15/768,696
Granted
Feb 2, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet includes: a chemical composition represented by, in mass %, Si: 1.8% to 7.0%, Cu: 0.03% to 0.60%, and the balance: Fe and impurities; and a primary coating film containing forsterite on a surface of the steel sheet, in which a Cu/Fe light-emitting intensity ratio at an interface region between the primary coating film and the surface of the steel sheet is 0.30 or less.

Claims (60)

1. A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, comprising:

a chemical composition comprising

in mass %,

Si: 1.8% to 7.0%,

Cu: 0.03% to 0.60%, and

the balance: Fe and impurities, wherein the impurities comprise C; and

a primary coating film containing forsterite on a surface of the steel sheet, wherein

a Cu/Fe light-emitting intensity ratio at an interface region between the primary coating film and the surface of the steel sheet is 0.30 or less,

wherein the Cu/Fe light-emitting intensity ratio is evaluated by the average of (Cu light-emitting intensities/Fe light-emitting intensities), obtained by glow discharge optical emission spectrometry analysis, at respective measurement points in the interface region.

2. A manufacturing method of a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, comprising:

a step of heating a slab in a temperature zone of 1300° C. to 1490° C.;

a step of obtaining a hot-rolled steel sheet by performing hot rolling of the slab;

a step of coiling the hot-rolled steel sheet in a temperature zone of 600° C. or less;

a step of performing hot-rolled sheet annealing of the hot-rolled steel sheet;

after the hot-rolled sheet annealing, a step of performing cold rolling and obtaining a cold-rolled steel sheet;

a step of performing decarburization annealing of the cold-rolled steel sheet; and

after the decarburization annealing, a step of applying an annealing separating agent containing MgO and performing finish annealing, wherein

the step of performing the hot rolling includes a step of performing rough rolling with a finishing temperature set to 1200° C. or less and a step of performing finish rolling with a start temperature set to 1000° C. or more and a finishing temperature set to 950° C. to 1100° C.,

in the hot rolling, the finish rolling is started within 300 seconds after start of the rough rolling,

cooling at a cooling rate of 50° C./second or more is started within 10 seconds after finish of the finish rolling,

pickling with a holding temperature set to 50° C. or more and a holding time period set to 30 seconds or more is performed in a pickling bath containing a nitric acid, a pickling inhibitor, and a surface active agent after the hot rolling and before finish of the cold rolling, and

the slab includes a chemical composition comprising,

in mass %,

C: 0.03% to 0.15%,

Si: 1.8% to 7.0%,

Mn: 0.02% to 0.30%,

S: 0.005% to 0.040%,

acid-soluble Al: 0.010% to 0.065%,

N: 0.0030% to 0.0150%,

Cu: 0.03% to 0.60%,

Sn: 0% to 0.5%,

Ge, Se, Sb, Te, Pb, or Bi, or an arbitrary combination of these: 0.0005% to 0.030% in total, and

the balance: Fe and impurities.

3. The manufacturing method of the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet according to claim 2 , wherein

the pickling bath further contains a nitrate.

4. A manufacturing method of a decarburized steel sheet for a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, comprising:

a step of heating a slab in a temperature zone of 1300° C. to 1490° C.;

a step of obtaining a hot-rolled steel sheet by performing hot rolling of the slab;

a step of coiling the hot-rolled steel sheet in a temperature zone of 600° C. or less;

a step of performing hot-rolled sheet annealing of the hot-rolled steel sheet;

after the hot-rolled sheet annealing, a step of performing cold rolling and obtaining a cold-rolled steel sheet; and

a step of performing decarburization annealing of the cold-rolled steel sheet; wherein

the step of performing the hot rolling includes a step of performing rough rolling with a finishing temperature set to 1200° C. or less and a step of performing finish rolling with a start temperature set to 1000° C. or more and a finishing temperature set to 950° C. to 1100° C.,

in the hot rolling, the finish rolling is started within 300 seconds after start of the rough rolling,

cooling at a cooling rate of 50° C./second or more is started within 10 seconds after finish of the finish rolling,

pickling with a holding temperature set to 50° C. or more and a holding time period set to 30 seconds or more is performed in a pickling bath containing a nitric acid, a pickling inhibitor, and a surface active agent after the hot rolling and before finish of the cold rolling, and

the slab includes a chemical composition comprising,

in mass %

C: 0.03% to 0.15%,

Si: 1.8% to 7.0%,

Mn: 0.02% to 0.30%,

S: 0.005% to 0.040%,

acid-soluble Al: 0.010% to 0.065%,

N: 0.0030% to 0.0150%,

Cu: 0.03% to 0.60%,

Sn: 0% to 0.5%,

Ge, Se, Sb, Te, Pb, or Bi, or an arbitrary combination of these: 0.0005% to 0.030% in total, and

the balance: Fe and impurities.

5. The manufacturing method of the decarburized steel sheet for a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet according to claim 4 , wherein

the pickling bath further contains a nitrate.

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 17, 2018
From: FUJIMURA, HIROSHI; TAKAHASHI, FUMIAKI; KATAOKA, TAKASHI
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 045557/0105 →