IP Library Granted Patent US 12,264,387
Granted Patent B2
US 12,264,387 · App. 17/298,881 · Granted Apr 1, 2025

Steel plate having excellent heat affected zone toughness and method for manufacturing thereof

Inventors: Tae-Il So (Gwangyang-si, KR); Sang-Deok Kang (Gwangyang-si, KR)
Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
C22C38/14B23K9/16C21D8/0247C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/08C22C38/12C21D2211/001C21D2211/002C21D2211/005C21D2211/008
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Patent No.
US 12,264,387
App. No.
17/298,881
Granted
Apr 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a steel plate which can appropriately be used as a structural material and the like. Provided are a steel plate, exhibiting excellent strength and toughness on a heat affected zone even when high heat input welding is performed, and a method for manufacturing thereof.

Claims (41)

1. A steel material, comprising, by weight:

0.02 to 0.08% of carbon (C),

0.15 to 0.5% of silicon (Si),

1.2 to 1.8% of manganese (Mn),

0.008% or less, excluding 0%, of phosphorus (P),

0.003% or less, excluding 0%, of sulfur(S),

0.005 to 0.1% of aluminum (Al),

0.01 to 0.5% of nickel (Ni),

0.01 to 0.1% of molybdenum (Mo),

0.005 to 0.05% of niobium (Nb),

0.005 to 0.02% of titanium (Ti),

20 to 100 ppm of nitrogen (N), and

a balance of Fe and other unavoidable impurities,

wherein the steel material satisfies the following Relation Formula 1,

wherein a microstructure of a base metal includes 20 to 60% of an acicular ferrite phase and 40 to 80% of a bainite phase by area fraction,

wherein a microstructure of a fusion line in a heat affected zone after welding includes a ferrite phase in 5 to 20% by area and a bainite phase as a remainder, and

wherein the steel material has a thickness of 10 to 40 mm:

0.42>C+Mn/6+(Cr+Mo+V)/5+(Cu+Ni)/15  [Relation Formula 1]

wherein each element means a weight content.

2. The steel material of claim 1 , further comprising: 0.01 to 0.1% by weight of vanadium (V).

3. The steel material of claim 1 , wherein

the base metal and the fusion line in the heat affected zone include a carbonitride, and

the carbonitride is in a form of MC or M(C,N), in which M is 20% by weight or more of Mo and a balance of Ti.

4. The steel material of claim 1 , wherein the heat affected zone has an austenite average crystal grain size of 500 μm or less.

5. The steel material of claim 1 , wherein the base metal includes a martensite phase or a tempered martensite phase at 10% or less, including 0%, by area fraction.

6. The steel material of claim 1 , wherein the steel material has a tensile strength of 450 MPa or more and Charpy impact absorption energy at −50° C. of 200 J or more after post weld heat treatment (PWHT).

7. The steel material of claim 1 , wherein the heat affected zone has a tensile strength of 450 MPa or more and Charpy impact absorption energy at −50° C. of 100 J or more after post weld heat treatment (PWHT).

8. The steel material of claim 1 , wherein the welding is electrogas welding (EGW) and is a high heat input welding method of a heat input capacity of 100 to 200 kJ/cm.

9. The steel material of claim 1 , comprising, by weight, 0.055 to 0.08% of carbon (C).

10. The steel material of claim 1 , wherein the microstructure of the fusion line further includes a martensite austenite (MA) phase.

11. A method for manufacturing the steel material of claim 1 , the method comprising:

reheating a steel slab at 1050 to 1250° C., the steel slab including, by weight: 0.02 to 0.08% of carbon (C), 0.15 to 0.5% of silicon (Si), 1.2 to 1.8% of manganese (Mn), 0.008% or less, excluding 0%, of phosphorus (P), 0.003% or less, excluding 0% of sulfur(S), 0.005 to 0.1% of aluminum (Al), 0.01 to 0.5% of nickel (Ni), 0.01 to 0.1% of molybdenum (Mo), 0.005 to 0.05% of niobium (Nb), 0.005 to 0.02% of titanium (Ti), and 20 to 100 ppm of nitrogen (N), with a balance of Fe and other unavoidable impurities, and satisfying the following Relation Formula 1;

roughly rolling the reheated steel slab in a temperature range of 1200 to Ar3+30° C.;

after the rough rolling, finish-rolling the steel slab at a temperature of Ar3 or higher to manufacture a hot rolled steel plate; and

cooling the hot rolled steel plate down to room temperature to 200° C. at a cooling rate of 5° C./s or more:

0.42>C+Mn/6+(Cr+Mo+V)/5+(Cu+Ni)/15  [Relation Formula 1]

wherein each element means a weight content.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the steel slab further includes 0.01 to 0.1% of vanadium (V).

13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising: subjecting the cooled hot rolled steel plate to an electrogas welding (EGW) process at a heat input capacity of 100 to 200 kJ/cm.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein a microstructure of a fusion line in the heat affected zone formed after the electrogas welding (EGW) includes 5 to 20% by area of ferrite phase and a bainite phase as a reminder.

15. The method of claim 13 , further comprising: after the electrogas welding (EGW) process, performing a post weld heat treatment (PWHT) in a temperature range of 590 to 620° C.

Assignments (2)
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 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0150705 · Nov 29, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220127704A1 · Apr 28, 2022
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