IP Library Granted Patent US 12,331,406
Granted Patent B2
US 12,331,406 · App. 18/840,411 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Metallic coated steel

Inventors: Kotaro Ishii (Tokyo, JP); Kohei Tokuda (Tokyo, JP); Yasuto Goto (Tokyo, JP); Mamoru Saito (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
C23C2/06C22C18/00Y10T428/12799
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Patent No.
US 12,331,406
App. No.
18/840,411
Granted
Jun 17, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

This metallic coated steel includes a steel material and a metallic coating layer. The metallic coating layer has an average chemical composition including Al: 0.2% to less than 4.0%, Mg: more than 4.0% and less than 12.5%, Ca: 0.15% to less than 3.00%, Zn: 65% or more, and impurities. In an any perpendicular cross section (in a thickness direction) in the metallic coating layer, a metallurgical structure observed in a scanning electron microscope observed visual field contains, in terms of area fraction, an MgZn 2 phase: 10 to 40%, an Al—Zn phase: 0 to 15%, an Al phase: (Zn<10%): 0 to 5%, a CaZn 13 phase: 1.0 to 15%, and a total of a [ternary eutectic structure of Al/MgZn 2 /Zn] and a [binary eutectic structure of MgZn 2 /Zn]: 30% or more.

Claims (49)

1. A metallic coated steel comprising:

a steel material; and

a metallic coating layer formed on a surface of the steel material,

wherein the metallic coating layer has an average chemical composition including, in terms of mass %,

Al: 0.2% to less than 4.0%,

Mg: more than 4.0% and less than 12.5%,

Ca: 0.15% to less than 3.00%,

Sn: 0% to less than 3.0%,

Bi: 0% to less than 1.0%,

In: 0% to less than 1.0%,

Sc: 0% to less than 0.50%,

Y: 0% to less than 0.50%,

La: 0% to less than 0.50%,

Ce: 0% to less than 0.50%,

Sr: 0% to less than 0.50%,

Si: 0% to less than 2.50%,

B: 0% to less than 0.50%,

P: 0% to less than 0.50%,

Cr: 0% to less than 0.25%,

Ti: 0% to less than 0.25%,

Ni: 0% to less than 1.0%,

Co: 0% to less than 0.25%,

V: 0% to less than 0.25%,

Nb: 0% to less than 0.25%,

Cu: 0% to less than 1.0%,

Mn: 0% to less than 0.25%,

Mo: 0% to less than 0.25%,

W: 0% to less than 0.25%,

Zr: 0% to less than 0.25%,

Fe: 0% to less than 5.0%,

Ag: 0% to less than 1.0%,

Li: 0% to less than 0.50%,

Na: 0% to less than 0.05%,

K: 0% to less than 0.05%,

Sb: 0% to less than 0.5%,

Pb: 0% to less than 0.5%,

Zn: 65% or more, and

impurities, and

in a cross section of the metallic coating layer in a thickness direction, a metallurgical structure observed in a scanning electron microscope observed visual field contains, in terms of area fraction,

an MgZn 2 phase: 10 to 40%,

an Al—Zn phase: 0 to 15%,

an Al phase: 0 to 5%,

a CaZn 13 phase: 1.0 to 15.0%, and

a total of a [ternary eutectic structure of Al/MgZn 2 /Zn] and a [binary eutectic structure of MgZn 2 /Zn]: 30.0% or more.

2. The metallic coated steel according to claim 1 , wherein among the CaZn 13 phases of the metallurgical structure in the cross section of the metallic coating layer in the thickness direction, an average circle-equivalent diameter of top 80% CaZn 13 phases in descending order of circle-equivalent diameter is 10 μm or more.

3. The metallic coated steel according to claim 1 , wherein when a mass concentration % of an element X in the average chemical composition of the metallic coating layer is represented by [X], the average chemical composition of the metallic coating layer satisfies the following formula (1):

2.5×[Al]+2×[Ca]+[Y]+[Sr]+[La]+[Ce]>[Mg]  (1).

4. The metallic coated steel according to claim 2 , wherein when a mass concentration % of an element X in the average chemical composition of the metallic coating layer is represented by [X], the average chemical composition of the metallic coating layer satisfies the following formula (1):

2.5×[Al]+2×[Ca]+[Y]+[Sr]+[La]+[Ce]>[Mg]  (1).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2024
From: ISHII, KOTARO; TOKUDA, KOHEI; GOTO, YASUTO; SAITO, MAMORU
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 068387/0738 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-025405 · Feb 22, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250109475A1 · Apr 3, 2025
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