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US 11,390,931 · App. 16/955,153 · Granted Jul 19, 2022

Hot-rolled steel plate and method for manufacturing same

Inventors: Hideyuki Kimura (Tokyo, JP); Takeshi Yokota (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Tsutsumi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
C21D9/46C21D6/005C21D6/008C21D8/0205C21D8/0226C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/005C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/42C22C38/44C22C38/46C22C38/48C22C38/50C22C38/54C22C38/58C21D2211/002C21D2211/004C21D2211/005C21D2211/008
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Patent No.
US 11,390,931
App. No.
16/955,153
Granted
Jul 19, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hot-rolled steel plate has a predetermined chemical composition and a microstructure. In the microstructure, in a plate thickness 1/2 position, an area fraction of martensite is less than 3%, an area fraction of bainitic ferrite is 95% or greater, the bainitic ferrite has an average grain diameter of 6.0 μm or less, an amount of Nb precipitated as Nb carbonitride is 0.025 mass % or greater, and an amount of Nb precipitated as Nb carbonitride having a grain diameter of 20 nm or greater constitutes 50% or greater of a total mass of the Nb precipitated as Nb carbonitride. The hot-rolled steel plate has a tensile strength of 640 MPa or greater, a yield ratio of 85% or less, a Charpy impact absorbed energy at −40° C. of 300 J or greater, and a percent ductile fracture (SA value) of 85% or greater as determined by a DWTT test at −40° C.

Claims (27)

1. A hot-rolled steel plate comprising a chemical composition and a microstructure,

the chemical composition containing, in mass %,

C: 0.04% or greater and 0.08% or less,

Si: 0.01% or greater and 0.50% or less,

Mn: 1.2% or greater and 2.0% or less,

P: 0.001% or greater and 0.010% or less,

S: 0.0030% or less,

Al: 0.01% or greater and 0.08% or less,

Nb: 0.050% or greater and 0.100% or less,

Ti: 0.005% or greater and 0.025% or less,

N: 0.001% or greater and 0.006% or less, and

at least one selected from Cu: 0.01% or greater and 1.00% or less, Ni: 0.01% or greater and 1.00% or less, Cr: 0.01% or greater and 1.00% or less, Mo: 0.01% or greater and 1.00% or less, V: 0.01% or greater and 0.10% or less, and B: 0.0005% or greater and 0.0030% or less, with a balance of Fe and incidental impurities,

wherein, in the microstructure, in a plate thickness 1/2 position, an area fraction of martensite is less than 3%, an area fraction of bainitic ferrite is 95% or greater, the bainitic ferrite has an average grain diameter of 6.0 μm or less, an amount of Nb precipitated as Nb carbonitride is 0.025 mass % or greater, and an amount of Nb precipitated as Nb carbonitride having a grain diameter of 20 nm or greater constitutes 50% or greater of a total mass of the Nb precipitated as Nb carbonitride, and

wherein the hot-rolled steel plate has a tensile strength of 640 MPa or greater, a yield ratio of 85% or less, a Charpy impact absorbed energy at −40° C. of 300 J or greater, and a percent ductile fracture (SA value) of 85% or greater as determined by a DWTT test at −40° C.

2. The hot-rolled steel plate according to claim 1 , wherein the chemical composition further contains, in mass %, at least one selected from

Ca: 0.0005% or greater and 0.0100% or less,

REM: 0.0005% or greater and 0.0200% or less,

Zr: 0.0005% or greater and 0.0300% or less, and

Mg: 0.0005% or greater and 0.0100% or less.

3. A method for manufacturing the hot-rolled steel plate according to claim 1 , the method comprising:

forming a hot-rolled steel plate by heating a steel slab having the chemical composition to a temperature of 1100° C. or higher and 1250° C. or lower and then rolling the slab in an austenite recrystallization temperature range, and subsequently performing rolling in an austenite non-recrystallization temperature range at an accumulated rolling reduction ratio of greater than 75%, with a rolling finishing temperature being (an Ar3 temperature+30° C.) or higher and (the Ar3 temperature+130° C.) or lower;

thereafter cooling the hot-rolled steel plate to a temperature range of an Ms temperature or higher and (the Ms temperature+150° C.) or lower by accelerated cooling at an average cooling rate of 10° C./s or greater and 60° C./s or less, the temperature range and the average cooling rate being determined at a middle of a plate thickness; and

coiling the hot-rolled steel plate at a temperature of 450° C. or higher and 600° C. or lower; thereby producing the hot-rolled steel plate of claim 1 .

4. A method for manufacturing the hot-rolled steel plate according to claim 1 , the method comprising:

forming a hot-rolled steel plate by heating a steel slab having the chemical composition to a temperature of 1100° C. or higher and 1250° C. or lower and then subjecting the slab to primary rough rolling in an austenite recrystallization temperature range, subsequently cooling the slab to an austenite non-recrystallization temperature range at an average cooling rate of 1.5° C./s or greater, the average cooling rate being determined at a middle of a plate thickness, and performing secondary rough rolling and finish rolling in the austenite non-recrystallization temperature range at an accumulated rolling reduction ratio of the secondary rough rolling and the finish rolling of greater than 75%, with a finishing delivery temperature being (an Ar3 temperature+30° C.) or higher and (the Ar3 temperature+130° C.) or lower;

thereafter cooling the hot-rolled steel plate to a temperature range of an Ms temperature or higher and (the Ms temperature+150° C.) or lower by accelerated cooling at an average cooling rate of 10° C./s or greater and 60° C./s or less, the temperature range and the average cooling rate being determined at the middle of the plate thickness; and

coiling the hot-rolled steel plate at a temperature of 450° C. or higher and 600° C. or lower; thereby producing the hot-rolled steel plate of claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2020
From: KIMURA, HIDEYUKI; YOKOTA, TAKESHI; TSUTSUMI, SATOSHI
To: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054162/0380 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-247170 · Dec 25, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200385839A1 · Dec 10, 2020