IP Library Granted Patent US 11,634,784
Granted Patent B2
US 11,634,784 · App. 16/469,480 · Granted Apr 25, 2023

Ultra-thick steel material having excellent surface part NRL-DWT properties and method for manufacturing same

Inventors: Hak-Cheol Lee (Pohang-si, KR); Sung-Ho Jang (Pohang-si, KR)
Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
C21D9/46C21D6/001C21D6/005C21D8/0205C21D8/0226C21D8/0263C22C38/002C22C38/04C22C38/08C22C38/12C22C38/14C22C38/16C21D2211/002C21D2211/005
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Patent No.
US 11,634,784
App. No.
16/469,480
Granted
Apr 25, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a high-strength ultra-thick steel material and a method for manufacturing same. The high-strength ultra-thick steel material comprises in weight % 0.04-0.1% of C, 1.2-2.0% of Mn, 0.2-0.9% of Ni, 0.005-0.04% of Nb, 0.005-0.03% of Ti and 0.1-0.4% of Cu, 100 ppm or less of P and 40 ppm or less of S with a balance of Fe, and inevitable impurities, and comprises, in a subsurface area up to t/10 (t hereafter being referred to as the thickness of the steel material), polygonal ferrite of 50 area % or greater (including 100 area %) and bainite of 50 area % or less (including 0 area %) as microstructures.

Claims (15)

1. An ultra-thick steel material, comprising:

a composition consisting of: by weight %, 0.04 to 0.09% of C, 1.2 to 2.0% of Mn, 0.2 to 0.9% of Ni, 0.005 to 0.04% of Nb, 0.005 to 0.03% of Ti, 0.1 to 0.4% of Cu, 100 ppm or less of P, 40 ppm or less of S, and a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities,

wherein the steel material comprises polygonal ferrite of 50 area % or higher, including 100 area %, and bainite of 50 area % or less, including 0 area %, as a microstructure in a region up to a t/10 position in a subsurface area,

wherein the steel material comprises acicular ferrite and bainite of 90 area % or higher, including 100 area %, and polygonal ferrite of 10 area % or less, including 0 area %, in a region from a t/5 position to a t/2 position in a subsurface area, where t is a thickness of the steel material,

wherein the steel material is in the form of a steel sheet having a thickness of 50 to 100 mm.

2. The ultra-thick steel material of claim 1 , further comprising: bainite of 50 area % or less, including 0 area %, in a region from a t/10 position to a t/5 position in a subsurface area.

3. The ultra-thick steel material of claim 1 , wherein a nil-ductility transition temperature, an NDT temperature, according to a naval research laboratory drop-weight test, a NRL-DWT, prescribed in ASTM 208-06, is −60° C. or less in a sample obtained from a surface.

4. The ultra-thick steel material of claim 1 , wherein an impact transition temperature is −40° C. or less in a sample obtained from a t/4 position in a subsurface area.

5. The ultra-thick steel material of claim 1 , wherein the steel sheet has a yield strength is 390 MPa or higher.

6. An ultra-thick steel material, comprising:

by weight %, 0.04 to 0.09% of C, 1.2 to 2.0% of Mn, 0.2 to 0.9% of Ni, 0.005 to 0.04% of Nb, 0.005 to 0.03% of Ti, 0.1 to 0.4% of Cu, 100 ppm or less of P, 40 ppm or less of S, and a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities,

wherein the steel material comprises polygonal ferrite of 50 area % or higher, including 100 area %, and bainite of 50 area % or less, including 0 area %, as a microstructure in a region up to a t/10 position in a subsurface area,

wherein the steel material comprises acicular ferrite and bainite of 90 area % or higher, including 100 area %, and polygonal ferrite of 10 area % or less, including 0 area %, in a region from a t/5 position to a t/2 position in a subsurface area, where t is a thickness of the steel material, and bainite of 50 area % or less, including 0 area %, in a region from a t/10 position to a t/5 position in a subsurface area,

wherein the steel material is in the form of a steel sheet having a thickness of 50 to 100 mm, and

wherein a nil-ductility transition temperature, an NDT temperature, according to a naval research laboratory drop-weight test, a NRL-DWT, prescribed in ASTM 208-06, is −60° C. or less in a sample obtained from a surface.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2022
From: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
To: POSCO CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 061774/0129 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 28, 2022
From: POSCO
To: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
Reel/Frame 061561/0705 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2019
From: LEE, HAK-CHEOL; JANG, SUNG-HO
To: POSCO
Reel/Frame 049463/0163 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0176552 · Dec 22, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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