IP Library Granted Patent US 9,090,952
Granted Patent B2
US 9,090,952 · App. 13/517,417 · Granted Jul 28, 2015

High-strength cold-rolled steel sheet and method for producing the same

Inventors: Yoichi Makimizu (Fukuyama, JP); Yoshitsugu Suzuki (Fukuyama, JP); Mai Miyata (Fukuyama, JP); Naoto Yoshimi (Kawasaki, JP); Junichiro Hirasawa (Chiba, JP); Shinji Otsuka (Fukuyama, JP); Hideki Nagano (Fukuyama, JP); Kohei Hasegawa (Fukuyama, JP)
Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
C21D1/74C21D1/76C21D6/005C21D9/46C22C38/001C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/12C22C38/14C22C38/18C23C8/02C23C8/14C23C8/80C23C22/78
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Patent No.
US 9,090,952
App. No.
13/517,417
Granted
Jul 28, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet having high chemical convertibility and a tensile strength of 590 MPa or more and a method for producing such a steel sheet are provided. The steel sheet contains, in terms of percent by mass, C: 0.05 to 0.3%, Si: 0.6 to 3.0%, Mn: 1.0 to 3.0%, P: 0.1% or less, S: 0.05% or less, Al: 0.01 to 1%, N: 0.01% or less, and the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The coverage ratio of reduced iron on a steel sheet surface is 40% or more. In order to produce such a steel sheet, an oxidation treatment is performed after cold rolling. Subsequently, annealing is conducted in a furnace in a 1 to 10 vol % H 2 +balance N 2 gas atmosphere with a dew point of −25° C. or less.

Claims (16)

1. A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet comprising, in terms of percent by mass, a composition of C: 0.05 to 0.3%, Si: 0.6 to 3.0%, Mn: 1.0 to 3.0%, P: 0.1% or less, S: 0.05% or less, Al: 0.01 to 1%, N: 0.01% or less, and the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein a coverage ratio of reduced iron oxides on a steel sheet surface is 40% or more, the iron oxides comprising (Fe,Mn) 2 SiO 4 .

2. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , further comprising, in terms of percent by mass, at least one of Cr: 0.01 to 1%, Mo: 0.01 to 1%, Ni: 0.01 to 1%, and Cu: 0.01 to 1%.

3. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , further comprising, in terms of percent by mass, at least one of TI: 0.001 to 0.1%, Nb: 0.001 to 0.1%, and V: 0.001 to 0.1%.

4. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , further comprising, in terms of percent by mass, B: 0.0003 to 0.005%.

5. A method for producing a high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet, comprising sequentially conducting hot-rolling, pickling, cold-rolling, an oxidation treatment, and annealing on steel comprising, in terms of percent by mass, a composition of C: 0.05 to 0.3%, Si: 0.6 to 3.0%, Mn: 1.0 to 3.0%, P: 0.1% or less, S: 0.5% or less, Al: 0.01 to 1%, N: 0.01% or less, and the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein, in the oxidation treatment, first heating is conducted on a steel sheet in an atmosphere with an oxygen concentration of 1000 ppm or more until a steel sheet temperature reaches 630° C. or higher, and second heating is conducted on the steel sheet in an atmosphere with an oxygen concentration of less than 1000 ppm until a steel sheet temperature reaches 700° C. or higher; and in the annealing, soaking are conducted in a furnace in a 1 to 10 vol % H 2 +balance N 2 gas atmosphere with a dew point of −25° C. or less.

6. The method for producing a high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 5 , wherein the second heating in the oxidation treatment is carried out at a steel sheet temperature of 800° C. or less.

7. The method for producing a high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 5 , wherein, after the hot-rolling, the steel sheet Is coiled at a coiling temperature of 520° C. or higher.

8. The method for producing a high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 5 , wherein, after the hot-rolling, the steel sheet is coiled at a coiling temperature of 580° C. or higher.

9. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 2 , further comprising, in terms of percent by mass, at least one of Ti: 0.001 to 0.1%, Nb: 0.001 to 0.1%, and V: 0.001 to 0.1%.

10. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 2 , further comprising, in terms of percent by mass, B: 0.0003 to 0.005%.

11. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 3 , further comprising, in terms of percent by mass, B: 0.0003 to 0.005%.

12. A method for producing a high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet, comprising sequentially conducting hot-rolling, pickling, cold-rolling, an oxidation treatment, and annealing on steel comprising, in terms of percent by mass, a composition C: 0.05 to 0.3%, Si: 0.6 to 3.0%, Mn: 1.0 to 3.0%, P: 0.1% or less, S: 0.05% or less, Al: 0.01 to 1%, N: 0.01% or less, and the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and further comprising, in terms of percent by mass, at least one of Cr: 0.01 to 1%, Mo: 0.01 to 1%, Ni: 0.01 to 1%, and Cu: 0.01 to 1%, wherein, in the oxidation treatment, first heating is conducted on a steel sheet in an atmosphere with an oxygen concentration of 1000 ppm or more until a steel sheet temperature reaches 630° C. or higher, and second heating is conducted on the steel sheet in an atmosphere with an oxygen concentration of less than 1000 ppm until a steel sheet temperature reaches 700° C. or higher; and in the annealing, soaking are conducted in a furnace in a 1 to 10 vol % H 2 +balance N 2 gas atmosphere with a dew point of −25° C. or less.

13. A method for producing a high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet, comprising sequentially conducting hot-rolling, pickling, cold-rolling, an oxidation treatment, and annealing on steel comprising, in terms of percent by mass, a composition of C: 0.05 to 0.3%, Si: 0.6 to 3.0%, Mn: 1.0 to 3.0%, P: 0.1% or less, S: 0.05% or less, Al: 0.01 to 1%, N: 0.01% or less, and the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and further comprising, in terms of percent by mass, at least one of Ti: 0.001 to 0.1%, Nb: 0.001 to 0.1%, and V: 0.001 to 0.1%, wherein, in the oxidation treatment, first heating is conducted on a steel sheet in an atmosphere with an oxygen concentration of 1000 ppm or more until a steel sheet temperature reaches 630° C. or higher, and second heating is conducted on the steel sheet in an atmosphere with an oxygen concentration of less than 1000 ppm until a steel sheet temperature reaches 700° C. or higher; and in the annealing, soaking are conducted in a furnace in a 1 to 10 vol % H 2 +balance N 2 gas atmosphere with a dew point of −25° C. or less.

14. A method for producing a high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet, comprising sequentially conducting hot-rolling, pickling, cold-rolling, an oxidation treatment, and annealing on steel comprising, in terms of percent by mass, a composition of C: 0.05 to 0.3%, Si: 0.6 to 3.0%, Mn: 1.0 to 3.0%, P: 0.1% or less, S: 0.05% or less, Al: 0.01 to 1%, N: 0.01% or less, and the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and further comprising, in terms of percent by mass, B: 0.0003 to 0.005%, wherein, in the oxidation treatment, first heating is conducted on a steel sheet in an atmosphere with an oxygen concentration of 1000 ppm or more until a steel sheet temperature reaches 630° C. or higher, and second heating is conducted on the steel sheet in an atmosphere with an oxygen concentration of less than 1000 ppm until a steel sheet temperature reaches 700° C. or higher; and in the annealing, soaking are conducted in a furnace in a 1 to 10 vol % H 2 +balance N 2 gas atmosphere with a dew point of −25° C. or less.

15. The method for producing a high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 6 , wherein, after the hot-rolling, the steel sheet is coiled at a coiling temperature of 520° C. or higher.

16. The method for producing a high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 6 , wherein, after the hot-rolling, the steel sheet is coiled at a coiling temperature of 580° C. or higher.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2012
From: MAKIMIZU, YOICHI; SUZUKI, YOSHITSUGU; MIYATA, MAI; YOSHIMI, NAOTO; HIRASAWA, JUNICHIRO; OTSUKA, SHINJI; NAGANO, HIDEKI; HASEGAWA, KOHEI
To: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028908/0479 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-293919 · Dec 25, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120325376A1 · Dec 27, 2012