IP Library Granted Patent US 10,023,933
Granted Patent B2
US 10,023,933 · App. 15/116,066 · Granted Jul 17, 2018

Galvannealed steel sheet and method for producing the same

Inventors: Minoru Tanaka (Fukuyama, JP); Yoshitsugu Suzuki (Chiba, JP)
Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
C21D9/46C21D8/0226C21D8/0236C21D8/0263C21D8/0278C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/20C22C38/22C22C38/26C22C38/28C22C38/32C22C38/34C22C38/38C22C38/42C22C38/44C22C38/48C22C38/50C22C38/54C22C38/58C23C2/06C23C2/28C23C2/40
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Patent No.
US 10,023,933
App. No.
15/116,066
Granted
Jul 17, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A galvannealed steel sheet having a galvanized layer on a surface thereof is provided, having a composition which contains C: 0.10% to 0.35%, Si: 0.3% to 3.0%, Mn: 0.5% to 3.0%, P: 0.001% to 0.10%, Al: 0.01% to 3.00%, and S: 0.200% or less on a mass basis, the remainder being Fe and incidental impurities. The steel sheet has a SiC/SiO 2 ratio of more than 0.20, the SiC/SiO 2 ratio being a ratio of SiC amount to SiO 2 amount at a depth of 1 μm or less in the steel sheet from an interface between the steel sheet and the galvanized layer, and Fe in the galvanized layer constitutes 8% to 13% by mass.

Claims (11)

1. A galvannealed steel sheet having a galvanized layer on a surface thereof, said steel sheet having a composition comprising on a mass basis: C: 0.10% to 0.35%, Si: 0.3% to 3.0%, Mn: 0.5% to 3.0%, P: 0.001% to 0.10%, Al: 0.01% to 3.00%, and S: 0.200% or less, a remainder being Fe and incidental impurities,

wherein the steel sheet has a SiC/SiO 2 ratio of more than 0.20, the SiC/SiO 2 ratio being a ratio of SiC amount to SiO 2 amount at a depth of 1 μm or less in the steel sheet from an interface between the steel sheet and the galvanized layer, and

Fe in the galvanized layer constitutes 8% to 13% by mass.

2. The galvannealed steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein a retained austenite phase constitutes 0.2% or more by area of the steel sheet at a depth of 1 μm or less in the steel sheet from the interface between the steel sheet and the galvanized layer.

3. The galvannealed steel sheet according to claim 1 , the composition further comprising one or two selected from Mo: 0.01% to 1.00% and Cr: 0.01% to 1.00% on a mass basis.

4. The galvannealed steel sheet according to claim 1 , the composition further comprising one or two or more selected from Nb: 0.005% to 0.20%, Ti: 0.005% to 0.20%, Cu: 0.01% to 0.50%, Ni: 0.01% to 1.00%, and B: 0.0005% to 0.010% on a mass basis.

5. A method for producing a galvannealed steel sheet, comprising:

hot rolling and then cold rolling a steel having the composition according to claim 1 ;

then heating the steel in a direct heating furnace equipped with a direct fired burner to a final surface temperature in the range of 550° C. to 750° C. by burning a combustible gas and a combustion-supporting gas, the combustible gas having a CO concentration in the range of 5% to 10% by volume, a CH 4 concentration in the range of 20% to 30% by volume, and a H 2 concentration in the range of 50% to 60% by volume, a remainder of the combustible gas being N 2 and incidental impurities, the combustion-supporting gas having an O 2 concentration in the range of 20% to 40% by volume, a remainder of the combustion-supporting gas being N 2 and incidental impurities;

then heating the steel at a soaking temperature in the range of 630° C. to 850° C. in an atmosphere having a H 2 concentration in the range of 5% to 40% by volume and a H 2 O concentration in the range of 0.01% to 0.40% by volume, a remainder of the atmosphere being N 2 and incidental impurities; and

cooling the steel at an average cooling rate of 15° C./s or more, then subjecting the steel to hot-dip galvanizing treatment, and subjecting the steel to alloying treatment at a temperature of 560° C. or less.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 29, 2016
From: TANAKA, MINORU; SUZUKI, YOSHITSUGU
To: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039562/0702 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-018245 · Feb 3, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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