IP Library Granted Patent US 11,035,022
Granted Patent B2
US 11,035,022 · App. 17/044,106 · Granted Jun 15, 2021

Metal sheet, method of producing metal sheet, method of producing molded product of metal sheet, and molded product of metal sheet

Inventors: Masahiro Kubo (Tokyo, JP); Yoshiaki Nakazawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
C21D9/46B21B1/22C21D6/005C21D6/008C21D8/0205C21D8/0236C21D8/0273C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/005C22C38/008C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/08C22C38/12C22C38/14C22C38/16C22C38/60B21B2001/221C21D2211/005
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Patent No.
US 11,035,022
App. No.
17/044,106
Granted
Jun 15, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a metal sheet, a method of producing a metal sheet, a method of producing a molded product of a metal sheet, and a molded product of a metal sheet, in which occurrence of surface roughness is inhibited. Provided are a metal sheet satisfying conditions (a1), (b1) or (c1) at the surface and a method for producing the metal sheet. Also provided are a method for producing a molded product of a metal sheet using the metal sheet, and a molded product of the metal sheet. (a1) The area fraction of crystal grains having a crystal orientation divergent by 20° or more from a (111) plane and by 20° or more from a (001) plane is from 0.25 to 0.35, and the average crystal grain size is less than 16 μm. (b1) The area fraction of crystal grains having a crystal orientation divergent by 20° or more from a (111) plane and by 20° or more from a (001) plane is from 0.15 to 0.30, and the average crystal grain size is 16 μm or more. (c1) The area fraction of crystal grains with a Taylor Factor value from 3.0 to 3.4, when assuming plane strain tensile deformation in the transverse direction, is from 0.18 to 0.40.

Claims (59)

1. A metal sheet having a bcc structure and satisfying the following condition (a1) or (b1) at a surface thereof:

(a1) an area fraction of crystal grains having a crystal orientation divergent by 20° or more from a (111) plane parallel to a surface of the metal sheet and by 20° or more from a (001) plane is from 0.25 to 0.35, and an average crystal grain size is less than 16 μm; or

(b1) an area fraction of crystal grains having a crystal orientation divergent by 20° or more from a (111) plane parallel to a surface of the metal sheet and by 20° or more from a (001) plane is from 0.15 to 0.30, and an average crystal grain size is 16 μm or more,

wherein the metal sheet is a steel sheet;

wherein the steel sheet is a ferrite-based steel sheet having a chemical composition of:

C: from 0.0040% by mass to 0.0100% by mass;

Si: from 0% by mass to 1.0% by mass;

Mn: from 0.90% by mass to 2.00% by mass;

P: from 0.050% by mass to 0.200% by mass;

S: from 0% by mass to 0.010% by mass;

Al: from 0.00050% to 0.10% by mass;

N: from 0% by mass to 0.0040% by mass;

Ti: from 0.0010% by mass to 0.10% by mass;

Nb: from 0.0010% by mass to 0.10% by mass;

B: from 0% by mass to 0.003% by mass;

a total of one or more of Cu or Sn: from 0% by mass to 0.10% by mass;

a total of one or more of Ni, Ca, Mg, Y, As, Sb, Pb, or REM: from 0% by mass to 0.10% by mass; and

a balance: Fe and impurities,

wherein a value of F1 as defined in the following Formula (1) is from 0.5 to 1.0:

F1=(C/12+N/14+S/32)/(Ti/48+Nb/93)  Formula (1).

2. The metal sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the steel sheet is the ferrite-based steel sheet having a ferrite fraction of 50% or more of a metallic structure at a surface thereof.

3. The metal sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the chemical composition of the steel sheet contains one or two or more of:

the total of one or more of Cu or Sn: from 0.002% by mass to 0.10% by mass; and

the total of one or more of Ni, Ca, Mg, Y, As, Sb, Pb, or REM: from 0.005% by mass to 0.10% by mass.

4. A method of producing the metal sheet according to claim 3 , the method comprising:

cold-rolling a hot-rolled sheet with a draft of 70% or more to obtain a cold-rolled sheet; and

annealing the cold-rolled sheet under conditions of an annealing temperature of a recrystallization temperature or more and the recrystallization temperature +25° C. or less, a temperature irregularity at the sheet surface of ±10° C. or less, and an annealing time of 100 seconds or less;

thereby producing the metal sheet of claim 3 .

5. A method of producing the metal sheet according to claim 1 , the method comprising:

cold-rolling a hot-rolled sheet with a draft of 70% or more to obtain a cold-rolled sheet; and

annealing the cold-rolled sheet under conditions of an annealing temperature of a recrystallization temperature or more and the recrystallization temperature +25° C. or less, a temperature irregularity at the sheet surface of ±10° C. or less, and an annealing time of 100 seconds or less;

thereby producing the metal sheet of claim 1 .

6. A metal sheet having a bcc structure and satisfying the following condition (c1) at a surface thereof:

(c1) an area fraction of crystal grains with a Taylor Factor value from 3.0 to 3.4, when assuming plane strain tensile deformation in a transverse direction in a plane of the metal sheet, is from 0.18 to 0.40,

wherein the metal sheet is a steel sheet;

wherein the steel sheet is a ferrite-based steel sheet having a chemical composition of:

C: from 0.0040% by mass to 0.0100% by mass;

Si: from 0% by mass to 1.0% by mass;

Mn: from 0.90% by mass to 2.00% by mass;

P: from 0.050% by mass to 0.200% by mass;

S: from 0% by mass to 0.010% by mass;

Al: from 0.00050% to 0.10% by mass;

N: from 0% by mass to 0.0040% by mass;

Ti: from 0.0010% by mass to 0.10% by mass;

Nb: from 0.0010% by mass to 0.10% by mass;

B: from 0% by mass to 0.003% by mass;

a total of one or more of Cu or Sn: from 0% by mass to 0.10% by mass;

a total of one or more of Ni, Ca, Mg, Y, As, Sb, Pb, or REM: from 0% by mass to 0.10% by mass; and

a balance: Fe and impurities,

wherein a value of F1 as defined in the following Formula (1) is from 0.5 to 1.0:

F1=(C/12+N/14+S/32)/(Ti/48+Nb/93)  Formula (1).

7. The metal sheet according to claim 6 , wherein the steel sheet is the ferrite-based steel sheet having a ferrite fraction of 50% or more of a metallic structure at a surface thereof.

8. The metal sheet according to claim 6 , wherein the chemical composition of the steel sheet contains one or two or more of:

the total of one or more of Cu or Sn: from 0.002% by mass to 0.10% by mass; and

the total of one or more of Ni, Ca, Mg, Y, As, Sb, Pb, or REM: from 0.005% by mass to 0.10% by mass.

9. A method of producing the metal sheet according to claim 6 , the method comprising:

cold-rolling a hot-rolled sheet with a draft of 70% or more to obtain a cold-roiled sheet; and

annealing the cold-rolled sheet under conditions of an annealing temperature of a recrystallization temperature or more and the recrystallization temperature +25° C. or less, a temperature irregularity at the sheet surface of ±10° C. or less, and an annealing time of 100 seconds or less;

thereby producing the metal sheet of claim 6 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 1, 2020
From: KUBO, MASAHIRO; NAKAZAWA, YOSHIAKI
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053949/0229 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-071080 · Apr 2, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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