IP Library Granted Patent US 10,900,097
Granted Patent B2
US 10,900,097 · App. 16/060,208 · Granted Jan 26, 2021

High-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having excellent surface quality and spot weldability

Inventors: Myung-Soo Kim (Gwangyang-si, KR); Ki-Cheol Kang (Gwangyang-si, KR); Il-Jeong Park (Gwangyang-si, KR)
Assignee: POSCO
C21D8/0273B32B15/013B32B15/04B32B15/043B32B15/18C21D1/76C21D6/004C21D6/005C21D6/008C21D8/02C21D9/46C22C38/00C22C38/001C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/12C22C38/14C22C38/18C22C38/22C22C38/26C22C38/28C22C38/32C22C38/34C22C38/38C22C38/60C23C2/02C23C2/06C23C2/28C23C2/40C23C28/025C23C30/00C23C30/005C21D2211/001C21D2211/002C21D2211/005C21D2211/008Y10T428/12611Y10T428/12618Y10T428/12667Y10T428/12799Y10T428/12951Y10T428/12958Y10T428/12965Y10T428/12972Y10T428/2495Y10T428/24967Y10T428/263Y10T428/264Y10T428/265
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Patent No.
US 10,900,097
App. No.
16/060,208
Granted
Jan 26, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having good surface quality and spot weldability. The high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet includes a base steel sheet and a zinc plating layer formed on the base steel sheet. The base steel sheet includes carbon (C): 0.1% to 0.3%, silicon (Si): 0.5% to 2.5%, manganese (Mn): 2.0% to 8.0%, soluble aluminum (sol.Al): 0.001% to 0.5%, phosphorus (P): 0.04% or less (excluding 0%), sulfur (S): 0.015% or less, nitrogen (N): 0.02% or less, chromium (Cr): 0.01% to 0.7%, titanium (Ti): (48/14)*[N] % to 0.1%, and a balance of iron (Fe) and inevitable impurities. The base steel sheet has a microstructure comprising ferrite in an area fraction of 5% to 30%, austenite in an area fraction of 5% to 20%, bainite and martensite in an area fraction of 50% to 80%, and precipitates in an area fraction of 2% or less.

Claims (7)

1. A high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having good surface quality and spot weldability, the high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet comprising a base steel sheet and a zinc plating layer formed on a surface of the base steel sheet,

wherein the base steel sheet comprises, by wt %, carbon (C): 0.1% to 0.3%, silicon (Si): 0.5% to 2.5%, manganese (Mn): 2.0% to 8.0%, soluble aluminum (sol.Al): 0.001% to 0.5%, phosphorus (P): 0.04% or less (excluding 0%), sulfur (S): 0.015% or less (excluding 0%), nitrogen (N): 0.02% or less (excluding 0%), chromium (Cr): 0.01% to 0.7%, titanium (Ti): (48/14)*[N] % to 0.1%, and a balance of iron (Fe) and inevitable impurities,

wherein the base steel sheet has a microstructure comprising ferrite in an area fraction of 5% to 30%, austenite in an area fraction of 5% to 20%, bainite and martensite in an area fraction of 50% to 80%, and precipitates in an area fraction of 2% or less (including 0%),

wherein in a region of the base steel sheet from the surface to a 2-μm position in a thickness direction of the base steel sheet, the base steel sheet has a microstructure comprising ferrite in an area fraction of 50% or greater, austenite in an area fraction of 2% or less (including 0%), bainite and martensite in an area fraction of 50% or less (including 0%), and precipitates in an area fraction of 2% or less (including 0%).

2. The high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet claim 1 , further comprising, by wt %, at least one selected from molybdenum (Mo): 0.1% or less (including 0%), antimony (Sb): 0.05% or less (including 0%), niobium (Nb): 0.1% or less (including 0%), and boron (B): 0.005% or less (including 0%).

3. The high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein the base steel sheet comprises at least two internal oxides selected from Si oxides, Mn oxides, Al oxides, and Cr oxides in a region from the surface to a 5-μm position in the thickness direction of the base steel sheet.

4. The high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein the high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet has a tensile strength of 900 MPa or greater and a value of tensile strength (MPa)×elongation (%) within a range of 16000 MPa % or greater.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2022
From: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
To: POSCO CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 061777/0974 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 28, 2022
From: POSCO
To: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
Reel/Frame 061562/0012 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 7, 2018
From: KIM, MYUNG-SOO; KANG, KI-CHEOL; PARK, IL-JEONG
To: POSCO
Reel/Frame 047140/0827 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2015-0179185 · Dec 15, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180371570A1 · Dec 27, 2018