IP Library Granted Patent US 12,221,680
Granted Patent B2
US 12,221,680 · App. 17/283,884 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Cryogenic austenitic high-manganese steel having excellent corrosion resistance, and manufacturing method therefor

Inventors: Un-Hae Lee (Gwangyang-si, KR); Dong-Ho Lee (Gwangyang-si, KR); Sang-Deok Kang (Gwangyang-si, KR); Sung-Kyu Kim (Gwangyang-si, KR)
Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
C22C38/38C21D8/0205C21D8/0226C22C38/02C22C38/06C22C38/20C22C38/32C21D2211/001
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Patent No.
US 12,221,680
App. No.
17/283,884
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The cryogenic austenitic high-manganese steel having excellent corrosion resistance, according to one aspect of the present invention, comprises 0.2-0.5 wt % of C, 23-28 wt % of Mn, 0.05-0.5 wt % of Si, 0.03 wt % or less of P, 0.005 wt % or less of S, 0.5 wt % or less of Al, and 3-4 wt % of Cr, with the remainder being Fe and other unavoidable impurities, also comprises at least 95 area % of austenite as a microstructure, and has Cr concentration sections continuously formed within an area of 50 μm in the thickness direction from the surface, wherein the Cr concentration sections comprise a high Cr concentration section having a relatively high concentration of Cr, and a low Cr concentration section having a relatively low concentration of Cr, and the high Cr concentration section may be distributed at 30 area % or less (but not 0%) relative to the whole surface area of the Cr sections.

Claims (27)

1. A cryogenic austenitic high-manganese steel material having excellent corrosion resistance, comprising:

by weight %, 0.2-0.5% of C, 23-28% of Mn, 0.05-0.5% of Si, 0.03% or less of P, 0.005% or less of S, 0.5% or less of Al, 3-4% of Cr, and a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities;

95 area % or more of austenite as a microstructure; and

a Cr concentration section continuously formed in an area within 50 μm from a surface in a thickness direction,

wherein the Cr concentration section includes a high Cr concentration section in which Cr is concentrated in a relatively high concentration and a low Cr concentration section in which Cr is concentrated in a relatively low concentration, and

wherein the high Cr concentration section is distributed in a fraction of 30 area % or less (excluding 0%) relative to an entire surface area of the Cr concentration section.

2. The steel material of claim 1 , further comprising:

by weight %, one or more elements selected from among 1% or less of Cu (excluding 0%) and 0.0005-0.01% of B.

3. The steel material of claim 1 ,

wherein the high Cr concentration section refers to an area including Cr by more than 1.5 times the Cr content of the steel material, and

wherein the low Cr concentration section refers to an area including Cr by more than 1 time and 1.5 times or less the Cr content of the steel material.

4. The steel material of claim 1 , wherein the high Cr concentration section is distributed in a fraction of 10 area % or less relative to an entire surface area of the Cr concentration section.

5. The steel material of claim 1 , wherein a grain size of austenite is 5-150 μm.

6. The steel material of claim 1 ,

wherein yield strength of the steel material is 400 MPa or more,

wherein tensile strength of the steel material is 800 MPa or more, and

wherein elongation of the steel material is 40% or more.

7. The steel material of claim 1 , wherein the steel material has a Charpy impact toughness of 90J or more (based on a 10 mm sample thickness) at −196° C., and corrosion loss of 80 mg/cm 2 or less in a corrosion resistance test according to ISO9223.

8. The steel material of claim 1 , comprising by weight %, 3-3.8% of Cr.

9. The steel material of claim 1 , comprising by weight %, 0.001-0.01% of B.

10. The steel material of claim 1 , comprising by weight %, 0.002-0.01% of B.

11. A method of manufacturing a cryogenic austenitic high-manganese steel material having excellent corrosion resistance, the method comprising:

reheating a slab including, by weight %, 0.2-0.5% of C, 23-28% of Mn, 0.05-0.5% of Si, 0.03% or less of P, 0.005% or less of S, 0.5% or less of Al, 3-4% of Cr, and a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, in a temperature range of 1050-1300° C.;

hot-rolling the reheated slab at a finishing rolling temperature of 900-950° C., thereby providing an intermediate material; and

cooling the intermediate material to a temperature range of 600° C. or less at a cooling rate of 1-100° C./s, thereby providing a final material.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the slab further includes, by weight %, one or more elements selected from among 1% or less of Cu (excluding 0%) and 0.0005-0.01% of B.

13. The steel material of claim 1 , comprising by weight %, 0.002-0.008% of B.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2022
From: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
To: POSCO CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 061777/0937 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 28, 2022
From: POSCO
To: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
Reel/Frame 061561/0730 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2021
From: LEE, UN-HAE; LEE, DONG-HO; KANG, SANG-DEOK; KIM, SUNG-KYU
To: POSCO
Reel/Frame 055888/0826 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2018-0128505 · Oct 25, 2018 · national
KR 10-2019-0133780 · Oct 25, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210388475A1 · Dec 16, 2021
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