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US 11,408,059 · App. 16/766,398 · Granted Aug 9, 2022

High-strength galvanized steel sheet and method for manufacturing same

Inventors: Hiromi Yoshitomi (Tokyo, JP); Yasuaki Okita (Tokyo, JP); Masaki Koba (Tokyo, JP); Yoshihiko Ono (Tokyo, JP); Hiroshi Matsuda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 11,408,059
App. No.
16/766,398
Granted
Aug 9, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A high-strength galvanized steel sheet includes a steel sheet having a steel composition having a specific component composition, a steel structure containing martensite and bainite at more than or equal to 70% (including 100%), ferrite at less than 20% (including 0%), and retained austenite at less than 5% (including 0%) in terms of area ratio, the amount of diffusible hydrogen in steel being less than or equal to 0.20 mass ppm; and a galvanizing layer provided on a surface of the steel sheet, having a content amount of Fe of 8 to 15% in mass %, and having an coating weight per one surface of 20 to 120 g/m 2 , wherein the amount of Mn oxides contained in the galvanizing layer is less than or equal to 0.050 g/m 2 , and a tensile strength is more than or equal to 1100 MPa and a yield ratio is more than or equal to 0.85.

Claims (70)

1. A high-strength galvanized steel sheet comprising:

a steel sheet having a steel composition having

a component composition containing, in mass %,

C: more than or equal to 0.10% and less than or equal to 0.30%,

Si: less than 1.2%,

Mn: more than or equal to 2.0% and less than or equal to 3.5%,

P: less than or equal to 0.010%,

S: less than or equal to 0.002%,

Al: less than or equal to 1%,

N: less than or equal to 0.006%, and

the balance including Fe and unavoidable impurities, and

a steel structure containing martensite and bainite at more than or equal to 70% (including 100%), ferrite at less than 20% (including 0%), and retained austenite at less than 5% (including 0%) in terms of area ratio,

an amount of diffusible hydrogen in steel being less than or equal to 0.20 mass ppm of molecular hydrogen; and a galvanizing layer provided on a surface of the steel sheet, having a content amount of Fe of 8 to 15% in mass %, and having an coating weight per one surface of 20 to 120 g/m 2 ,

wherein an amount of Mn oxides contained in the galvanizing layer is less than or equal to 0.050 g/m 2 , and

a tensile strength is more than or equal to 1100 MPa and a yield ratio is more than or equal to 0.85.

2. The high-strength galvanized steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the component composition further contains at least one selected from the groups of A to C, in mass %,

group A:

at least one selected from, one or more of Ti, Nb, V, and Zr: 0.005 to 0.1% in total,

one or more of Mo, Cr, Cu, and Ni: 0.005 to 0.5% in total, and

B: 0.0003 to 0.005%;

group B:

any one or two selected from Sb: 0.001 to 0.1% and Sn: 0.001 to 0.1%; and

group C:

Ca: less than or equal to 0.0010%.

3. A method for manufacturing the high-strength galvanized steel sheet according to claim 1 , comprising:

an annealing step of allowing a cold rolled material having the component composition according to claim 1 to stay in an atmosphere within an annealing furnace with a hydrogen concentration H of more than or equal to 1 vol % and less than or equal to 13 vol %, in a temperature region of temperature within the annealing furnace T of an A c3 point−20° C. to 900° C. for more than or equal to 5 seconds, then performing cooling, and allowing the cold rolled material to stay in a temperature region of 400 to 550° C. for more than or equal to 10 seconds;

a coating step of subjecting a steel sheet after the annealing step to coating treatment and alloying treatment, and performing cooling down to less than or equal to 100° C. at an average cooling rate of more than or equal to 3° C./s; and

a post heat treatment step of allowing a coated steel sheet after the coating step to stay in an atmosphere within a furnace with a hydrogen concentration H of less than or equal to 10 vol % and a dew point Dp of less than or equal to 50° C., at a temperature T (° C.) of more than or equal to 200° C. and less than or equal to 350° C. for more than or equal to a time t (hr) that is more than or equal to 0.005 (hr) and satisfies a formula (1)

130−18.3× In ( t )≤ T   (1).

4. The method for manufacturing a high-strength galvanized steel sheet according to claim 3 , wherein, after the coating step, temper rolling is performed at an extension rate of more than or equal to 0.1%.

5. The method for manufacturing a high-strength galvanized steel sheet according to claim 4 , wherein width trimming is performed after the post heat treatment step.

6. The method for manufacturing a high-strength galvanized steel sheet according to claim 4 ,

wherein width trimming is performed before the post heat treatment step, and

a staying time t (hr) for staying at a temperature T (° C.) of more than or equal to 200° C. and less than or equal to 350° C. in the post heat treatment step is more than or equal to 0.005 (hr) and satisfies a formula (2):

115−18.3× In ( t )≤ T   (2).

7. A method for manufacturing a high-strength galvanized steel sheet according to claim 1 , comprising:

a pretreatment step of heating a cold rolled material, having the component composition according to claim 1 , up to an A c3 point to the A c3 point+50° C. in a temperature region and performing pickling after said heating to form a pickled sheet;

an annealing step of allowing the pickled sheet to stay in an atmosphere within an annealing furnace with a hydrogen concentration H of more than or equal to 1 vol % and less than or equal to 13 vol %, in a temperature region of temperature within an annealing furnaces T of an A c3 point−20° C. to 900° C. for more than or equal to 5 seconds, then performing cooling, and allowing the cold rolled material to stay in a temperature region of 400 to 550° C. for more than or equal to 10 seconds;

a coating step of subjecting a steel sheet after the annealing step to coating treatment and alloying treatment, and performing cooling down to less than or equal to 100° C. at an average cooling rate of more than or equal to 3° C./s; and

a post heat treatment step of allowing a coated steel sheet after the coating step to stay in an atmosphere within a furnace with a hydrogen concentration H of less than or equal to 10 vol % and a dew point Dp of less than or equal to 50° C., at a temperature T (° C.) of more than or equal to 200° C. and less than or equal to 350° C. for more than or equal to a time t (hr) that is more than or equal to 0.005 (hr) and satisfies a formula (1):

130−18.3× In ( t )≤ T   (1).

8. The method for manufacturing a high-strength galvanized steel sheet according to claim 7 , wherein, after the coating step, temper rolling is performed at an extension rate of more than or equal to 0.1%.

9. The method for manufacturing a high-strength galvanized steel sheet according to claim 8 , wherein width trimming is performed after the post heat treatment step.

10. The method for manufacturing a high-strength galvanized steel sheet according to claim 8 ,

wherein width trimming is performed before the post heat treatment step, and

a staying time t (hr) for staying at a temperature T (° C.) of more than or equal to 200° C. and less than or equal to 350° C. in the post heat treatment step is more than or equal to 0.005 (hr) and satisfies a formula (2):

115−18.3× In ( t )≤ T   (2).

11. A method for manufacturing the high-strength galvanized steel sheet according to claim 2 , comprising:

an annealing step of allowing a cold rolled material having the component composition according to claim 2 to stay in an atmosphere within an annealing furnace with a hydrogen concentration H of more than or equal to 1 vol % and less than or equal to 13 vol %, in a temperature region of temperature within the annealing furnace T of an A c3 point−20° C. to 900° C. for more than or equal to 5 seconds, then performing cooling, and allowing the cold rolled material to stay in a temperature region of 400 to 550° C. for more than or equal to 10 seconds;

a coating step of subjecting a steel sheet after the annealing step to coating treatment and alloying treatment, and performing cooling down to less than or equal to 100° C. at an average cooling rate of more than or equal to 3° C./s; and

a post heat treatment step of allowing a coated steel sheet after the coating step to stay in an atmosphere within a furnace with a hydrogen concentration H of less than or equal to 10 vol % and a dew point Dp of less than or equal to 50° C., at a temperature T (° C.) of more than or equal to 200° C. and less than or equal to 350° C. for more than or equal to a time t (hr) that is more than or equal to 0.005 (hr) and satisfies a formula (1)

130−18.3× In ( t )≤ T   (1).

12. The method for manufacturing a high-strength galvanized steel sheet according to claim 11 , wherein, after the coating step, temper rolling is performed at an extension rate of more than or equal to 0.1%.

13. The method for manufacturing a high-strength galvanized steel sheet according to claim 12 , wherein width trimming is performed after the post heat treatment step.

14. The method for manufacturing a high-strength galvanized steel sheet according to claim 12 ,

wherein width trimming is performed before the post heat treatment step, and

a staying time t (hr) for staying at a temperature T (° C.) of more than or equal to 200° C. and less than or equal to 350° C. in the post heat treatment step is more than or equal to 0.005 (hr) and satisfies a formula (2):

115−18.3× In ( t )≤ T   (2).

15. A method for manufacturing a high-strength galvanized steel sheet according to claim 2 , comprising:

a pretreatment step of heating a cold rolled material, having the component composition according to claim 2 , up to an A c3 point to the A c3 point+50° C. in a temperature region and performing pickling after said heating to form a pickled sheet;

an annealing step of allowing the pickled sheet to stay in an atmosphere within an annealing furnace with a hydrogen concentration H of more than or equal to 1 vol % and less than or equal to 13 vol %, in a temperature region of temperature within an annealing furnaces T of an A c3 point−20° C. to 900° C. for more than or equal to 5 seconds, then performing cooling, and allowing the cold rolled material to stay in a temperature region of 400 to 550° C. for more than or equal to 10 seconds;

a coating step of subjecting a steel sheet after the annealing step to coating treatment and alloying treatment, and performing cooling down to less than or equal to 100° C. at an average cooling rate of more than or equal to 3° C./s; and

a post heat treatment step of allowing a coated steel sheet after the coating step to stay in an atmosphere within a furnace with a hydrogen concentration H of less than or equal to 10 vol % and a dew point Dp of less than or equal to 50° C., at a temperature T (° C.) of more than or equal to 200° C. and less than or equal to 350° C. for more than or equal to a time t (hr) that is more than or equal to 0.005 (hr) and satisfies a formula (1):

130−18.3× In ( t )≤ T   (1).

16. The method for manufacturing a high-strength galvanized steel sheet according to claim 15 , wherein, after the coating step, temper rolling is performed at an extension rate of more than or equal to 0.1%.

17. The method for manufacturing a high-strength galvanized steel sheet according to claim 16 , wherein width trimming is performed after the post heat treatment step.

18. The method for manufacturing a high-strength galvanized steel sheet according to claim 16 ,

wherein width trimming is performed before the post heat treatment step, and

a staying time t (hr) for staying at a temperature T (° C.) of more than or equal to 200° C. and less than or equal to 350° C. in the post heat treatment step is more than or equal to 0.005 (hr) and satisfies a formula (2):

115−18.3× In ( t )≤ T   (2).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 25, 2020
From: YOSHITOMI, HIROMI; OKITA, YASUAKI; KOBA, MASAKI; ONO, YOSHIHIKO; MATSUDA, HIROSHI
To: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053583/0967 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-228555 · Nov 29, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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