IP Library Granted Patent US 11,519,060
Granted Patent B2
US 11,519,060 · App. 16/957,510 · Granted Dec 6, 2022

Hot-rolled steel sheet with excellent low-temperature toughness, steel pipe, and manufacturing method therefor

Inventor: Jin-Ho Bae (Gwangyang-si, KR)
Assignee: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
C22C38/32B23K11/002B23K35/0233B23K35/3073C21D8/0205C21D8/0226C21D8/105C21D9/08C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/06C22C38/20C22C38/26C22C38/28B23K2103/04C21D2211/001
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Patent No.
US 11,519,060
App. No.
16/957,510
Granted
Dec 6, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A preferable aspect of the present invention provides a hot-rolled steel sheet with excellent low-temperature toughness, a steel pipe using the same, and a manufacturing method therefor, wherein the hot-rolled steel sheet contains, by weight, 0.35-0.65% C, 0.01-0.4% Si, 13-26% Mn, 0.01-0.3% Ti, 0.01% or less B, 4% or less Al, 1-6% Cr, 0.05% or less P, 0.02% or less S, 0.01% or less N, 0.01-2% Cu, 0.001-0.015% Nb, and the balance Fe and other unavoidable impurities, the alloy elements satisfying the following relational formulas—[Relational formula 1] 70<[10*(C/12)+(Mn/55)+(Al/27)]*100<95 and [Relational formula 2] 4<100*(Cr/52+100*(Nb/93))<9; wherein a microstructure comprises, by area fraction, 97% or more (including 100%) of austenite and 3% or less (including 0%) of a carbide, the crystal grain size of the austenite being 18-30 μm or less; and wherein the size of the carbide is 0.5 μm or less.

Claims (20)

1. A hot-rolled steel plate, comprising:

by weight %, 0.35% to 0.65% of C, 0.01 to 0.4% of Si, 13% to 26% of Mn, 0.01% to 0.3% of Ti, 0.01% or less, excluding 0% of B, 4% or less, excluding 0% of Al, 1% to 6% of Cr, 0.05% or less, including 0% of P, 0.02% or less, including 0% of S, 0.01% or less, excluding 0% of N, 0.01% to 2% of Cu, 0.001% to 0.015% of Nb, and a remainder of Fe and other inevitable impurities, the alloy elements satisfying the following relational formula:

70<[10*(C/12)+(Mn/55)+(Al/27)]*100<95  [Relational Formula 1]

4<100*(Cr/52+100*(Nb/93))<9,  [Relational Formula 2]

wherein a microstructure comprises, by area fraction, 97% or more, including 100% of austenite and 3% or less, including 0% of a carbide, the austenite having a grain size of 18 μm to 30 μm and the carbide having a size of 0.5 μm or less, and

wherein the hot-rolled steel plate has inclusions and the number of inclusions having a 10 μm or greater is 300 or less per 100×50 mm 2 .

2. The hot-rolled steel plate of claim 1 , wherein the hot-rolled steel plate has an impact toughness value of 60 J or higher, measured by a charpy impact test at −196° C., yield strength of 320 MPa or more at a room temperature and uniform elongation of 50% or more at a room temperature.

3. The hot-rolled steel plate of claim 1 , wherein the hot-rolled steel plate comprises the austenite, as the microstructure, in a fraction of 97 area % or more, including 100% at −196° C.

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

preparing a steel slab comprising, by weight %, 0.35% to 0.65% of C, 0.01 to 0.4% of Si, 13% to 26% of Mn, 0.01% to 0.3% of Ti, 0.01% or less, excluding 0% of B, 4% or less, excluding 0% of Al, 1% to 6% of Cr, 0.05% or less, including 0% of P, 0.02% or less, including 0% of S, 0.01% or less, excluding 0% of N, 0.01% to 2% of Cu, 0.001% to 0.015% of Nb, and a remainder of Fe and other inevitable impurities, the alloy elements satisfying the following relational formula:

heating the steel slab at a temperature of 1000° C. to 1250° C.;

70<[10*(C/12)+(Mn/55)+(Al/27)]*100<95  [Relational Formula 1]

4<100*(Cr/52+100*(Nb/93))<9,  [Relational Formula 2]

obtaining a hot-rolled steel plate by first hot rolling under conditions of a finish rolling temperature of 950° C. to 1050° C. and a reduction ratio of 10% or more per pass in recrystallization region and second hot rolling under conditions of a finish rolling temperature of 850° C. to 1000° C. and a reduction ratio of 2% or less, including 0% per non-recrystallization region; and

water cooling the hot-rolled steel plate at a cooling rate of 5° C./s or more to a cooling temperature of 250° C. to 600° C. and then coiling; thereby producing the hot-rolled steel plate of claim 1 .

5. The method of manufacturing the hot-rolled steel plate of claim 4 , wherein the hot-rolled steel plate comprises 97 area % or more, including 100% of austenite and 3 area % or less, including 0% of a carbide,

wherein the austenite has a grain size of 18 um to 30 um and the carbide has a grain size of 0.5 um or less.

6. The method of manufacturing the hot-rolled steel plate of claim 4 , wherein the hot-rolled steel plate has an impact toughness value of 60 J or higher, measured by a charpy impact test at −196° C., yield strength of 320 MPa at a room temperature and uniform elongation of 50% or more at a room temperature.

7. The method of manufacturing the hot-rolled steel plate of claim 4 , wherein the hot-rolled steel plate has inclusions that the number of inclusions having a 10 μm or greater is 300 or less per 10050 mm′.

8. The method of manufacturing the hot-rolled steel plate of claim 4 , wherein the hot-rolled steel plate comprises the austenite, as the microstructure, in a fraction of 97 area % or more, including 100% at −196° C.

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 Jul 24, 2020
From: BAE, JIN-HO
To: POSCO
Reel/Frame 053310/0444 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0179259 · Dec 26, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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