IP Library Granted Patent US 10,718,044
Granted Patent B2
US 10,718,044 · App. 16/092,947 · Granted Jul 21, 2020

Hot-dip galvanized steel sheet

Inventors: Takafumi Yokoyama (Tokyo, JP); Kunio Hayashi (Tokyo, JP); Masafumi Azuma (Tokyo, JP); Eisaku Sakurada (Tokyo, JP); Hiroyuki Kawata (Tokyo, JP); Genki Abukawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 10,718,044
App. No.
16/092,947
Granted
Jul 21, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hot-dip galvanized steel sheet includes: a predetermined chemical composition; and a steel structure represented by: in terms of area ratio, polygonal ferrite: 10% or less; upper bainite: 20% or less; retained austenite: 5% or less; and martensite: 70% or more, in which: martensite having Fe carbides at a number density of 1×10 6 /mm 2 or more is contained by 50% or more, in terms of area ratio, with respect to the entire amount of martensite; and the steel structure has an average effective crystal grain diameter of 5.0 μm or less.

Claims (60)

1. A hot-dip galvanized steel sheet, comprising:

a chemical composition represented by:

in terms of mass %,

C: 0.14 to 0.3%;

Si: 0.001 to 2.0%;

Mn: 2.0 to 4.0%;

P: 0.05% or less;

S: 0.01% or less;

N: 0.01% or less;

Al: 0.001 to 1.0%;

Ti: 0.001 to 0.10%;

B: 0.0001 to 0.01%;

Mo: 0 to 0.50%;

Cr: 0 to 0.80%;

Ni: 0 to 1.00%;

Cu: 0 to 1.00%;

V: 0 to 0.50%;

Nb: 0.0 to 0.10%;

Ca: 0.00 to 0.01%;

Mg: 0.00 to 0.01%;

REM: 0.00 to 0.01%;

Bi: 0.00 to 0.01%; and

the balance: Fe and impurities; and

a steel structure represented by:

in terms of area ratio,

polygonal ferrite: 10% or less;

upper bainite: 20% or less;

retained austenite: 5% or less; and

martensite: 70% or more,

when the area ratio is calculated from a microscopic photograph of a cross section in a rolling direction of the steel sheet for polygonal ferrite, upper bainite, pearlite, cementite, martensite, and tempered martensite and is calculated from a peak area ratio of bcc and fcc by an X-ray diffraction for retained austenite, wherein:

martensite having Fe carbides at a number density of 1×10 6 /mm 2 or more is contained by 50% or more, in terms of area ratio, with respect to the entire amount of martensite, when the number density is calculated from a microscopic photograph of a cross section in a rolling direction of the steel sheet; and

the steel structure has an average effective crystal grain diameter of 5.0 μm or less, when measured by an electron back scatter diffraction pattern-orientation image microscopy (EBSP-OIM) method.

2. The hot-dip galvanized steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein

an amount of solid-solution B is 0.0010 mass % to 0.0100 mass %, and a prior austenite grain diameter is 1.0 μm to 7.0 μm, when

the amount of solid-solution B is calculated by subtracting a mass of B contained in a precipitate from a total mass of B contained in the hot-dip galvanized steel sheet, and

the prior austenite grain diameter is calculated from a microscopic photograph of a cross section in a rolling direction of the steel sheet.

3. The hot-dip galvanized steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein

a product of an amount of solid-solution B and a prior austenite grain diameter is 0.0010 mass %·μm or more, when

the amount of solid-solution B is calculated by subtracting a mass of B contained in a precipitate from a total mass of B contained in the hot-dip galvanized steel sheet, and

the prior austenite grain diameter is calculated from a microscopic photograph of a cross section in a rolling direction of the steel sheet.

4. The hot-dip galvanized steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein

in the chemical composition, Mo: 0.001 to 0.50% is satisfied.

5. The hot-dip galvanized steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein

in the chemical composition,

Cr: 0.001 to 0.80%,

Ni: 0.001 to 1.00%, or

Cu: 0.001 to 1.00%, or

any combination thereof is satisfied.

6. The hot-dip galvanized steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein

in the chemical composition,

V: 0.001 to 0.50%, or

Nb: 0.001 to 0.10%, or

both thereof are satisfied.

7. The hot-dip galvanized steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein

in the chemical composition,

Ca: 0.0001 to 0.01%,

Mg: 0.0001 to 0.01%,

REM: 0.0001 to 0.01%, or

Bi: 0.0001 to 0.01%, or

any combination thereof is satisfied.

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 Oct 12, 2018
From: YOKOYAMA, TAKAFUMI; HAYASHI, KUNIO; AZUMA, MASAFUMI; SAKURADA, EISAKU; KAWATA, HIROYUKI; ABUKAWA, GENKI
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047148/0701 →