IP Library Granted Patent US 11,339,459
Granted Patent B2
US 11,339,459 · App. 16/473,030 · Granted May 24, 2022

Gold-colored steel sheet and manufacturing method thereof

Inventors: Jung-Hyun Kong (Pohang-si, KR); Sang Seok Kim (Pohang-si, KR); Mi Nam Park (Pohang-si, KR)
Assignee: POSCO
C22C38/001C21D8/0257C21D9/46C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/48C22C38/50C21D2201/00
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Patent No.
US 11,339,459
App. No.
16/473,030
Granted
May 24, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention discloses a gold-colored steel sheet capable of expressing color without peeling of a modified layer and the gold-colored steel sheet capable of forming a color-modified layer through a conventional annealing process without expensive facilities. A method of manufacturing the gold-colored steel sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention can form a TiN modified layer on a surface of a steel sheet comprising 0.3 to 1.5 wt % of titanium (Ti) by an annealing treatment in a nitrogen (N 2 ) atmosphere at 900 to 1,200° C. for 30 to 300 seconds.

Claims (11)

1. A gold-colored steel sheet comprising a base material and a modified layer provided on an outermost surface layer of the base material,

wherein the modified layer is a TiN modified layer comprising 30 wt % or more of Ti and 10 wt % or more of N,

wherein the TiN modified layer has a thickness of 20 to 120 nm, and

wherein alloy element contents in the TiN modified layer satisfy the following formula (1):

0.1 wt %≤C+Si+Al+Mn+Cr+Ni+Nb+Zr≤35.0 wt %  (1)

here, C, Si, Al, Mn, Cr, Ni, Nb and Zr mean the content (wt %) of each element.

2. The gold-colored steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein a b* value of an L*a*b* color system of a surface of the TiN modified layer is 25 or more.

3. The gold-colored steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the base material comprises 0.003 wt % or less of N and 0.015 wt % or less of C+N.

4. The gold-colored steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the content of Ti in the TiN modified layer diffused from the base material thereby reducing the content of Ti in the base material.

5. The gold-colored steel sheet according to claim 4 , wherein the TiN modified layer has a thickness of 65 to 75 nm.

6. The gold-colored steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the gold-colored steel sheet has a pitting potential of 300 mV or more.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2022
From: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
To: POSCO CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 061778/0785 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 28, 2022
From: POSCO
To: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
Reel/Frame 061561/0923 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 8, 2020
From: KONG, JUNG-HYUN; KIM, SANG SEOK; PARK, MI NAM
To: POSCO
Reel/Frame 052349/0513 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0178323 · Dec 23, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200095656A1 · Mar 26, 2020