IP Library Granted Patent US 11,649,515
Granted Patent B2
US 11,649,515 · App. 16/472,246 · Granted May 16, 2023

Thick steel plate having excellent cryogenic impact toughness and manufacturing method therefor

Inventors: Mo-Chang Kang (Seoul, KR); Jong-In Choi (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
C21D8/0226C21D6/004C21D6/005C21D6/008C21D8/0205C22C38/002C22C38/02C22C38/46C22C38/48C22C38/50C22C38/58C21D2211/005C21D2211/009
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Patent No.
US 11,649,515
App. No.
16/472,246
Granted
May 16, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The purpose of one aspect of the present invention is to provide: a thick steel plate capable of removing a conventional normalizing treatment required for ensuring toughness low temperature and cryogenic environments, and having properties equal to or better than those of a conventional steel subjected to the normalizing treatment; and a method for manufacturing the method.

Claims (17)

1. A thick steel plate comprising:

by weight %, 0.02 to 0.10% of carbon (C), 0.6 to 1.7% of manganese (Mn), 0.5% or less (excluding 0%) of silicon (Si), 0.02% or less of phosphorus (P), 0.015% or less of sulfur (S), 0.005 to 0.05% of niobium (Nb), 0.005 to 0.07% of vanadium (V), and a remainder of iron (Fe) and unavoidable impurities,

wherein the thick steel plate has, by area fraction, a mixed structure of ferrite of 85 to 95% and pearlite of 5 to 15%, as a microstructure,

a grain size of ferrite is 7.5 or more to 8.7 of ASTM grain size number,

the thick steel plate has impact toughness of 300J or more at −60° C., and

the thick steel plate is manufactured by a method comprising:

reheating a steel slab and finishing hot-rolling the reheated steel slab at a temperature of 880 to 910° C.

2. The thick steel plate of claim 1 , wherein the thick steel plate further comprises, by weight %, at least one of not more than 0.5% of nickel (Ni) and not more than 0.5% of chromium (Cr).

3. The thick steel plate of claim 1 , wherein the thick steel plate further comprises 0.005 to 0.035 weight % of titanium (Ti).

4. A method of manufacturing the thick steel plate according to claim 1 , comprising:

reheating a steel slab at a temperature of 1100° C. or higher, the steel slab including, by weight %, 0.02% to 0.10 of carbon (C), 0.6 to 1.7% of manganese (Mn), 0.5% or less (excluding 0%) of silicon (Si), 0.02% or less of phosphorus (P), 0.015% or less of sulfur (S), 0.005 to 0.05% of niobium (Nb), 0.005 to 0.07% of vanadium (V), and a remainder of iron (Fe) and unavoidable impurities,

finishing hot-rolling the reheated steel slab at a temperature of 880 to 910° C. to produce a hot-rolled steel plate; and

air-cooling the hot-rolled steel plate to a room temperature after the finishing hot-rolling.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the steel slab further comprises, by weight %, at least one of not more than 0.5% of nickel (Ni) and not more than 0.5% of chromium (Cr).

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the steel slab further comprises 0.005 to 0.035 weight % of titanium (Ti).

7. The thick steel plate of claim 1 , comprising 0.05 to 0.10% of carbon (C).

8. The thick steel plate of claim 1 , wherein the thick steel plate has a thickness of 5 to 100 mmt.

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 21, 2019
From: KANG, MO-CHANG; CHOI, JONG-IN
To: POSCO
Reel/Frame 049555/0132 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0176513 · Dec 22, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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