IP Library Granted Patent US 11,035,021
Granted Patent B2
US 11,035,021 · App. 16/067,393 · Granted Jun 15, 2021

High-strength steel sheet and high-strength galvanized steel sheet

Inventors: Hiroyuki Kawata (Tokyo, JP); Yuji Yamaguchi (Tokyo, JP); Takayuki Kitazawa (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Uchida (Tokyo, JP); Kohei Ueda (Tokyo, JP); Naoki Maruyama (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
C21D9/46B32B15/013C21D6/004C21D6/005C21D6/008C21D8/0205C21D8/0226C21D8/0236C21D8/0263C21D8/0273C22C18/00C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/005C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/08C22C38/12C22C38/14C22C38/16C22C38/28C22C38/32C22C38/34C22C38/42C22C38/44C22C38/58C23C2/06C23C2/40C25D3/22C25D5/50C25D7/0614C21D2211/001C21D2211/002C21D2211/003C21D2211/005C21D2211/008C21D2211/009C25D5/36Y10T428/12799
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Patent No.
US 11,035,021
App. No.
16/067,393
Granted
Jun 15, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A high-strength steel sheet includes: a specific chemical composition; and a microstructure represented by, in a ⅛ thickness to ⅜ thickness range with ¼ thickness of a sheet thickness from a surface being a center, in volume fraction, ferrite: 85% or less, bainite: 3% or more and 95% or less, tempered martensite: 1% or more and 80% or less, retained austenite: 1% or more and 25% or less, pearlite and coarse cementite: 5% or less in total, and fresh martensite: 5% or less, in which the solid-solution carbon content in the retained austenite is 0.70 to 1.30 mass %, and to all grain boundaries of retained austenite grains having an aspect ratio of 2.50 or less and a circle-equivalent diameter of 0.80 μm or more, the proportion of interfaces with the tempered martensite or the fresh martensite is 75% or less.

Claims (59)

1. A high-strength steel sheet, comprising:

a chemical composition represented by, in mass %,

C: 0.075 to 0.400%,

Si: 0.01 to 2.50%,

Mn: 0.50 to 3.50%,

P: 0.1000% or less,

S: 0.0100% or less,

Al: 2.000% or less,

N: 0.0100% or less,

O: 0.0100% or less,

Ti: 0.000 to 0.200%,

Nb: 0.000 to 0.100%,

V: 0.000 to 0.500%,

Cr: 0.00 to 2.00%,

Ni: 0.00 to 2.00%,

Cu: 0.00 to 2.00%,

Mo: 0.00 to 1.00%,

B: 0.0000 to 0.0100%,

W: 0.00 to 2.00%,

one type or two types or more selected from the group consisting of Ca, Ce, Mg, Zr, La, and REM: 0.0000 to 0.0100% in total,

a balance: Fe and impurities, and

a parameter Q0 expressed by (Expression 1): 0.35 or more; and

a microstructure represented by, in a ⅛ thickness to ⅜ thickness range with ¼ thickness of a sheet thickness from a surface being a middle, in volume fraction,

ferrite: 85% or less,

bainite: 3% or more and 95% or less,

tempered martensite: 1% or more and 80% or less,

retained austenite: 1% or more and 25% or less,

pearlite and coarse cementite: 5% or less in total, and

fresh martensite: 5% or less, wherein

a solid-solution carbon content in the retained austenite is 0.70 to 1.30 mass %, and

in all grain boundaries of retained austenite grains having an aspect ratio of 2.50 or less and a circle-equivalent diameter of 0.80 μm or more, a proportion of interfaces with the tempered martensite or the fresh martensite is 75% or less,

Q0=Si+0.1Mn+0.6Al  (Expression 1)

wherein Si, Mn, and Al are set to the contents of the respective elements in mass %.

2. The high-strength steel sheet according to claim 1 , further containing:

in mass %,

one type or two types or more selected from the group consisting of

Ti: 0.001 to 0.200%,

Nb: 0.001 to 0.100%, and

V: 0.001 to 0.500%.

3. The high-strength steel sheet according to claim 1 , further containing:

in mass %,

one type or two types or more selected from the group consisting of

Cr: 0.01 to 2.00%,

Ni: 0.01 to 2.00%,

Cu: 0.01 to 2.00%,

Mo: 0.01 to 1.00%,

B: 0.0001 to 0.0100%, and

W: 0.01 to 2.00%.

4. The high-strength steel sheet according to claim 1 , further containing:

in mass %,

0.0001 to 0.0100% in total of one type or two types or more selected from the group consisting of Ca, Ce, Mg, Zr, La, and REM.

5. The high-strength steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein

a density of the retained austenite grains having an aspect ratio of 2.50 or less and a circle-equivalent diameter of 0.80 μm or more is 5.0×10 10 piece/m 2 or less.

6. A high-strength galvanized steel sheet, comprising:

a galvanized layer formed on a surface of the high-strength steel sheet according to claim 1 .

7. The high-strength galvanized steel sheet according to claim 6 , wherein

an Fe content in the galvanized layer is 3.0 mass % or less.

8. The high-strength galvanized steel sheet according to claim 6 , wherein

an Fe content in the galvanized layer is 7.0 mass % or more and 13.0 mass % or less.

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 Jul 2, 2018
From: KAWATA, HIROYUKI; YAMAGUCHI, YUJI; KITAZAWA, TAKAYUKI; UCHIDA, SATOSHI; UEDA, KOHEI; MARUYAMA, NAOKI
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046250/0961 →