IP Library Granted Patent US 10,844,463
Granted Patent B2
US 10,844,463 · App. 16/493,956 · Granted Nov 24, 2020

Coated steel sheet

Inventor: Takuya Mitsunobu (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
C22C18/04B32B15/012B32B15/013B32B15/04B32B15/043B32B15/18B32B15/20C22C18/00C22C21/00C22C21/003C22C21/06C22C21/08C22C21/10C22C30/00C22C30/06C23C2/06C23C2/12C23C2/26C23C2/40C23C28/02C23C28/021C23C28/023C23C28/025C23C30/00C23C30/005Y10T428/12757Y10T428/12799Y10T428/12951Y10T428/12958Y10T428/12972Y10T428/2495Y10T428/24942Y10T428/24967Y10T428/263Y10T428/264Y10T428/265
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Patent No.
US 10,844,463
App. No.
16/493,956
Granted
Nov 24, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A coated steel sheet including a steel sheet and a coating layer provided on at least part of the surface of the steel sheet, in which the coating layer has a predetermined chemical composition in terms of % by mass; in which the coating layer has a laminar Mg 2 Sn phase-containing structure in an area fraction of from 5 to 65%, and a structure containing a solid solution of Zn and Al; and the laminar Mg 2 Sn phase-containing structure is a structure constituted with a Zn phase and a laminar Mg 2 Sn phase having a thickness of less than 1 μm, and in which the laminar Mg 2 Sn phase exists dividing the Zn phase into plural regions.

Claims (50)

1. A coated steel sheet comprising a steel sheet and a coating layer provided on at least a part of a surface of the steel sheet, wherein:

the coating layer has a chemical composition comprising in terms of % by mass:

Al: from 15% to 60%,

Mg: from 0.5% to 8.0%,

Sn: from 0.5% to 20.0%,

Si: from 0.05% to 1.50%,

Bi: from 0% to 5.0%,

In: from 0% to 2.0%,

Ca: from 0% to 3.0%,

Y: from 0% to 0.5%,

La: from 0% to 0.5%,

Ce: from 0% to 0.5%,

Cr: from 0% to 0.25%,

Ti: from 0% to 0.25%,

Ni: from 0% to 0.25%,

Co: from 0% to 0.25%,

V: from 0% to 0.25%,

Nb: from 0% to 0.25%,

Cu: from 0% to 0.25%,

Mn: from 0% to 0.25%,

Sr: from 0% to 0.5%,

Sb: from 0% to 0.5%,

Pb: from 0% to 0.5%,

B: from 0% to 0.5%, and

a balance comprising Zn and impurities, wherein:

the coating layer has a laminar Mg 2 Sn phase-containing structure in an area fraction of from 5 to 65% measured in cross section thereof, and a structure containing a solid solution of Zn and Al, and

the laminar Mg 2 Sn phase-containing structure is a structure constituted with a Zn phase and a laminar Mg 2 Sn phase having a thickness of less than 1 μm, and wherein the laminar Mg 2 Sn phase exists dividing the Zn phase into a plurality of regions.

2. The coated steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein a content of Mg is from 0.5% to 3.0%, and a content of Sn is from 1.0% to 7.5% in terms of % by mass.

3. The coated steel sheet according to claim 2 , wherein a content of Al is from 20% to 60%, a content of Mg is from 1.0% to 2.0%, a content of Sn is from 1.0% to 5.0%, and a content of Si is from 0.05% to 1.0% in terms of % by mass.

4. The coated steel sheet according to claim 2 , wherein a content of Sn and a content of Mg satisfy the following Formula (1):

Mg≤Sn≤2.5×Mg  Formula (1)

wherein, in Formula (1), each atomic symbol indicates a content of the element in terms of % by mass.

5. The coated steel sheet according to claim 2 , wherein the area fraction of the laminar Mg 2 Sn phase-containing structure is from 20% to 60% measured in cross section thereof.

6. The coated steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein a content of Al is from 20% to 60%, a content of Mg is from 1.0% to 2.0%, a content of Sn is from 1.0% to 5.0%, and a content of Si is from 0.05% to 1.0% in terms of % by mass.

7. The coated steel sheet according to claim 6 , wherein a content of Sn and a content of Mg satisfy the following Formula (1):

Mg≤Sn≤2.5×Mg  Formula (1)

wherein, in Formula (1), each atomic symbol indicates a content of the element in terms of % by mass.

8. The coated steel sheet according to claim 6 , wherein the area fraction of the laminar Mg 2 Sn phase-containing structure is from 20% to 60% measured in cross section thereof.

9. The coated steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein a content of Sn and a content of Mg satisfy the following Formula (1):

Mg≤Sn≤2.5×Mg  Formula (1)

wherein, in Formula (1), each atomic symbol indicates a content of the element in terms of % by mass.

10. The coated steel sheet according to claim 9 , wherein the area fraction of the laminar Mg 2 Sn phase-containing structure is from 20% to 60% measured in cross section thereof.

11. The coated steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the area fraction of the laminar Mg 2 Sn phase-containing structure is from 20% to 60% measured in cross section thereof.

12. The coated steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the area fraction of the laminar Mg 2 Sn phase-containing structure is from 30% to 60% measured in cross section thereof.

13. The coated steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein an area fraction of the structure containing a solid solution of Zn and Al is from 35% to 95% measured in cross section thereof.

14. The coated steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the coating layer has a massive MgZn 2 phase with an equivalent circle diameter of 1 μm or more in an area fraction of more than 0% and less than or equal to 20% measured in cross section thereof.

15. The coated steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the coating layer has a massive MgZn 2 phase with an equivalent circle diameter of 1 μm or more in an area fraction of more than 0% and less than or equal to 5% measured in cross section thereof.

16. The coated steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the coating layer has a massive Zn phase with an equivalent circle diameter of 2 μm or more in an area fraction of more than 0% and less than or equal to 20% measured in cross section thereof.

17. The coated steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the coating layer has a massive Zn phase with an equivalent circle diameter of 2 μm or more in an area fraction of more than 0% and less than or equal to 10% measured in cross section thereof.

18. The coated steel sheet according to claim 1 , further comprising an interfacial alloy layer with a thickness of from 100 nm to 1.5 μm consisting of an Al—Fe intermetallic compound between the steel sheet and the coating layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2019
From: MITSUNOBU, TAKUYA
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 050391/0496 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-053148 · Mar 17, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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