Granted Patent B2

US 12,385,117 · App. 17/626,670 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Inventors: Hyun-Je Sung (Pohang-si, KR); Sung-Joon Kim (Pohang-si, KR)

Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD

C22C38/54C21D8/0226C21D9/46C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/44C22C38/46C22C38/48C22C38/50C21D2211/002C21D2211/008

Abstract

Claims (31)

1. A chromium steel sheet having excellent creep strength and high-temperature ductility comprising, in percentage by weight:

0.04 to 0.15% of C; 0.5% or less (excluding 0%) of Si; 0.1 to 0.6% of Mn; 0.01% or less (excluding 0%) of S; 0.03% or less (excluding 0%) of P; 1.9 to 2.6% of Cr; 0.05 to 1.5% of Mo; 1.4 to 2.0% of W; 0.4 to 1.0% of V; 0.4% or less (excluding 0%) of Ni; 0.10% or less (excluding 0%) of Nb; 0.10% or less (excluding 0%) of Ti; 0.015% or less (excluding 0%) of N; 0.06% or less (excluding 0%) of A1; 0.007% or less (excluding 0%) of B; and a balance being Fe and inevitable impurities,

wherein the chromium steel sheet has a microstructure consisting of one of tempered martensite and tempered bainite,

wherein in the microstructure of the chromium steel sheet, precipitates having a diameter of 200 nm or more including (Fe, Cr) 23 C 6 exist in a number range of 1/μm 2 or less, and wherein the chromium steel sheet satisfies Relational Expression 1, and has an LMP value defined by Relational Expression 2 of 20,000 or more at an applied stress of 200 MPa and 21,000 or more at an applied stress of 125 MPa, and a reduction in area at high temperature fracture is 20% or more,

0.3≤( V− 10SUM)≤1  [Relational Expression 1]

where, SUM is a total content of specific impurity elements, specifically, Cu+Co+La+Y+Ce+Zr+Ta+Hf+Re+Pt+Ir+Pd+Sb,

LMP=T ×(20+log( tr ))  [Relational Expression 2]

where, T is an absolute temperature in Kelvin units, and tr is a fracture time in time units.

2. The chromium steel sheet having excellent creep strength and high-temperature ductility of claim 1 , wherein the steel sheet has a chemical composition satisfying Relational Expression 3, and at the same time, an LMP value defined by the Relational Expression 2 of 20,000 or more at an applied stress of 250 MPa, and a reduction in area at high temperature fracture of 40% or more,

35≤|( V− 10SUM)×( Mo− 10SUM)×( Ni− 10SUM)×10 3 |≤600  [Relational Expression 3]

where, SUM refers to a total content of specific impurity elements, specifically, the total content of Cu+Co+La+Y+Ce+Zr+Ta+Hf+Re+Pt+Ir+Pd+Sb.

3. The chromium steel sheet having excellent creep strength and high-temperature ductility of claim 1 , wherein the number of precipitates having a diameter of 20 nm or less in a range of 20/μm 2 or more in the microstructure of the steel sheet.

4. The chromium steel sheet having excellent creep strength and high-temperature ductility of claim 3 , wherein the precipitates having the diameter of 20 nm or less are (V,Mo,Nb,Ti) (C,N).

5. The chromium steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein the chromium steel sheet comprises 0.4 to 0.6% of Mn.

6. The chromium steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein the chromium steel sheet comprises 2.1 to 2.5% of Cr.

7. The chromium steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein the chromium steel sheet comprises 0.2 to 1.3% of Mo.

8. The chromium steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein the chromium steel sheet comprises 1.5 to 1.8% of W.

9. The chromium steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein the chromium steel sheet comprises 0.5 to 0.9% of V.

10. A method of manufacturing a chromium steel sheet having excellent creep strength and high-temperature ductility, the method comprising:

hot rolling a steel slab including, by weight, 0.04 to 0.15% of C, 0.5% or less (excluding 0%) of Si, 0.1 to 0.6% of Mn, 0.01% or less (excluding 0%) of S, 0.03% or less (excluding 0%) of P, 1.9 to 2.6% of Cr, 0.05 to 1.5% of Mo, 1.4 to 2.0% of W, 0.4 to 1.0% of V, 0.4% or less (excluding 0%) of Ni, 0.10% or less (excluding 0%) of Nb, 0.10% or less (excluding 0%) of Ti, 0.015% or less (excluding 0%) of N, 0.06% or less (excluding 0%) of Al, and 0.007% or less (excluding 0%) of B, and a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, the steel slab having a composition satisfying the Relational Expression 1, so that a finish rolling temperature is equal to or higher than Ar3 to manufacture a hot-rolled steel sheet, and then cooling the hot-rolled steel sheet;

reheating the cooled hot-rolled steel sheet in a temperature range of 1000° C. to 1100° C. for at least 30 minutes to austenitize the steel sheet;

normalizing or quenching the austenitized hot-rolled steel sheet to room temperature at a cooling rate of 0.1° C./s or more; and

tempering the cooled hot-rolled steel sheet in a temperature range of 700 to 800° C. for at least 30 minutes so as to obtain the chromium steel sheet having a microstructure consisting of one of tempered martensite and tempered bainite,

wherein an LMP value defined by the following Relational Expression 2 is 20,000 or more at an applied stress of 200 MPa and 21,000 or more at an applied stress of 125 MPa, and a reduction in area at high temperature fracture is 20% or more,

0.3≤( V− 10SUM)≤1  [Relational Expression 1]

where, SUM is a total content of specific impurity elements, specifically, Cu+Co+La+Y+Ce+Zr+Ta+Hf+Re+Pt+Ir+Pd+Sb,

LMP=T ×(20+log( tr ))  [Relational Expression 2]

where, T is an absolute temperature in Kelvin units, and tr is a fracture time in time units.

11. The method of manufacturing a chromium steel sheet having excellent creep strength and high-temperature ductility of claim 7 , wherein the steel slab has a chemical composition satisfying the following relational expression 3, and the manufactured chromium steel sheet has an LMP value defined by the above relational expression 2 of 20,000 or more at an applied stress of 250 MPa, and a reduction in area at high temperature fracture of 40% or more,

35≤|( V− 10SUM)×( Mo− 10SUM)×( Ni− 10SUM)×103|≤600  [Relational Expression 3]

where, SUM is a total content of specific impurity elements, specifically, Cu+Co+La+Y+Ce+Zr+Ta+Hf+Re+Pt+Ir+Pd+Sb.

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