IP Library Granted Patent US 12,503,743
Granted Patent B2
US 12,503,743 · App. 17/425,251 · Granted Dec 23, 2025

Hot-rolled steel sheet

Inventors: Genki Abukawa (Tokyo, JP); Hiroshi Shuto (Tokyo, JP); Kenta Morisawa (Tokyo, JP); Shohei Yabu (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 12,503,743
App. No.
17/425,251
Granted
Dec 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hot-rolled steel sheet includes, as a chemical composition, by mass %: C: 0.030% to 0.250%; Si: 0.05% to 2.50%; Mn: 1.00% to 4.00%; Sol. Al: 0.001% to 2.000%; P: 0.100% or less; S: 0.0200% or less; N: 0.01000% or less; Ti: 0% to 0.20%; Nb: 0% to 0.20; B: 0% to 0.010%; V: 0% to 1.0%; Cr: 0% to 1.0%; Mo: 0% to 1.0%; Cu: 0% to 1.0%; Co: 0% to 1.0%; W: 0% to 1.0%; Ni: 0% to 1.0%; Ca: 0% to 0.01%; Mg: 0% to 0.01%; REM: 0% to 0.01%; Zr: 0% to 0.01%; and a remainder of Fe and impurities, in which an area ratio of a scale damage portion, which is a portion lower than an average height of a surface of the steel sheet by 10 μm or more, is 20% or less, and a tensile strength of the sheet is 780 MPa or more.

Claims (90)

1 . A hot-rolled steel sheet comprising, as a chemical composition, by mass %:

C: 0.030% to 0.250%;

Si: 0.40% to 2.50%;

Mn: 1.00% to 4.00%;

Sol. Al: 0.001% to 2.000%;

P: 0.100% or less;

S: 0.0200% or less;

N: 0.01000% or less;

Ti: 0% to 0.20%;

Nb: 0% to 0.20;

B: 0% to 0.010%;

V: 0% to 1.0%;

Cr: 0% to 1.0%;

Mo: 0% to 1.0%;

Cu: 0% to 1.0%;

Co: 0% to 1.0%;

W: 0% to 1.0%;

Ni: 0% to 1.0%;

Ca: 0% to 0.01%;

Mg: 0% to 0.01%;

REM: 0% to 0.01%;

Zr: 0% to 0.01%; and

a remainder comprising Fe and impurities,

wherein an area ratio of a scale damage portion, which is a portion lower than an average height of a surface of the hot-rolled steel sheet by 10 μm or more, is 5% to 20%,

a tensile strength of the hot-rolled steel sheet is 780 MPa or more,

an average aspect ratio of the scale damage portion is 1.5 to 5, and

a value of R/t, which is obtained in accordance with V-block 900 bending test in JIS Z2248, is 2.0 or less,

wherein the area ratio of the scale damage portion is measured by acquiring 3D image data of a range of 3000 μm×3000 μm on the surface of the hot-rolled steel sheet, wherein the average height position of the highest height position and the lowest height position is referred to as an average height position I, and a region having a height position lower than the average height position I by 10 μm or more is defined as a scale damage portion, and the area ratio of the scale damage portion is calculated by creating an image of a plan view of the 3D image data of the range of 3000 μm×3000 μm on the surface of the hot-rolled steel sheet viewed from above in the rolling direction and dividing the projected area of all the scale damage portions included in the range by the total projected area of the range, and

wherein the aspect ratio of the scale damage portion is defined as a value A/B or B/A obtained by dividing the larger value of a length A in the rolling direction and a length B in the direction perpendicular to the rolling direction by the smaller value, wherein the length A is a length when a line segment parallel to the rolling direction is drawn to be the longest inside one scale damage portion and the length B is a length when a line segment running in the direction perpendicular to the rolling direction is drawn to be the longest inside one scale damage portion, such that the average aspect ratio is the average of all aspect ratios measured for all the scale damage portions in the range of 3000 μm×3000 μm on the surface of the hot-rolled steel sheet.

2 . The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein a total elongation is 18.9% or less.

3 . The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , comprising at least one of, as the chemical composition, by mass %:

Ti: 0.001% to 0.20%;

Nb: 0.001% to 0.20%;

B: 0.001% to 0.010%;

V: 0.005% to 1.0%;

Cr: 0.005% to 1.0%;

Mo: 0.005% to 1.0%;

Cu: 0.005% to 1.0%;

Co: 0.005% to 1.0%;

W: 0.005% to 1.0%;

Ni: 0.005% to 1.0%;

Ca: 0.0003% to 0.01%;

Mg: 0.0003% to 0.01%;

REM: 0.0003% to 0.01%; and

Zr: 0.0003% to 0.01%.

4 . The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , comprising as a chemical composition, by mass %:

Si: 1.02% to 2.50%.

5 . The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , comprising as a chemical composition, by mass %:

Mn: 2.10% to 4.00%.

6 . The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , comprising as a chemical composition, by mass %:

Ti: 0% to 0.03%.

7 . The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , comprising as a chemical composition, by mass %:

Cr: 0.4% to 1.0%.

8 . The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , comprising as a chemical composition, by mass %:

Ni: 0.8% to 1.0%.

9 . The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , comprising at least one of, as a chemical composition, by mass %:

B: 0.001% to 0.010%;

Co: 0.005% to 1.0%;

W: 0.005% to 1.0%;

Mg: 0.0003% to 0.01%; and

Zr: 0.0003% to 0.01%.

10 . A hot-rolled steel sheet consisting of, as a chemical composition, by mass %:

C: 0.030% to 0.250%;

Si: 0.40% to 2.50%;

Mn: 1.00% to 4.00%;

Sol. Al: 0.001% to 2.000%;

P: 0.100% or less;

S: 0.0200% or less;

N: 0.01000% or less;

Ti: 0% to 0.20%;

Nb: 0% to 0.20;

B: 0% to 0.010%;

V: 0% to 1.0%;

Mo: 0% to 1.0%;

Cu: 0% to 1.0%;

Co: 0% to 1.0%;

W: 0% to 1.0%;

Ni: 0% to 1.0%;

Ca: 0% to 0.01%;

Mg: 0% to 0.01%;

REM: 0% to 0.01%;

Zr: 0% to 0.01%; and

a remainder consisting of Fe and impurities,

wherein an area ratio of a scale damage portion, which is a portion lower than an average height of a surface of the hot-rolled steel sheet by 10 μm or more, is 5% to 20%,

a tensile strength of the hot-rolled steel sheet is 780 MPa or more,

an average aspect ratio of the scale damage portion is 1.5 to 5, and

a value of R/t, which is obtained in accordance with V-block 900 bending test in JIS Z2248, is 2.0 or less,

wherein the area ratio of the scale damage portion is measured by acquiring 3D image data of a range of 3000 μm×3000 μm on the surface of the hot-rolled steel sheet, wherein the average height position of the highest height position and the lowest height position is referred to as an average height position I, and a region having a height position lower than the average height position I by 10 μm or more is defined as a scale damage portion, and the area ratio of the scale damage portion is calculated by creating an image of a plan view of the 3D image data of the range of 3000 μm×3000 μm on the surface of the hot-rolled steel sheet viewed from above in the rolling direction and dividing the projected area of all the scale damage portions included in the range by the total projected area of the range, and

wherein the aspect ratio of the scale damage portion is defined as a value A/B or B/A obtained by dividing the larger value of a length A in the rolling direction and a length B in the direction perpendicular to the rolling direction by the smaller value, wherein the length A is a length when a line segment parallel to the rolling direction is drawn to be the longest inside one scale damage portion and the length B is a length when a line segment running in the direction perpendicular to the rolling direction is drawn to be the longest inside one scale damage portion, such that the average aspect ratio is the average of all aspect ratios measured for all the scale damage portions in the range of 3000 μm×3000 μm on the surface of the hot-rolled steel sheet.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 2, 2021
From: ABUKAWA, GENKI; SHUTO, HIROSHI; MORISAWA, KENTA; YABU, SHOHEI
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057056/0366 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-043961 · Mar 11, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220090228A1 · Mar 24, 2022
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