IP Library Granted Patent US 10,894,996
Granted Patent B2
US 10,894,996 · App. 16/499,181 · Granted Jan 19, 2021

Hot rolled steel sheet

Inventors: Tatsuo Yokoi (Tokyo, JP); Nobuo Yoshikawa (Tokyo, JP); Shigeru Yonemura (Tokyo, JP); Kazuya Ootsuka (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
C21D9/46C21D6/001C21D6/002C21D6/005C21D6/007C21D6/008C21D8/0205C21D8/0247C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/005C22C38/008C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/08C22C38/10C22C38/12C22C38/14C22C38/16C22C38/18C21D2211/001C21D2211/002C21D2211/005C21D2211/008C21D2211/009
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Patent No.
US 10,894,996
App. No.
16/499,181
Granted
Jan 19, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hot rolled steel sheet including a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %, C: 0.07-0.22%, Si: 1.00-3.20%, Mn: 0.80-2.20%, Al: 0.010-1.000%, N≤0.0060%, P≤0.050%, S≤0.005%, Ti: 0-0.150%, Nb: 0-0.100%, V: 0-0.300%, Cu: 0-2.00%, Ni: 0-2.00%, Cr: 0-2.00%, Mo: 0-1.00%, B: 0-0.0100%, Mg: 0-0.0100%, Ca: 0-0.0100%, REM: 0-0.1000%, Zr: 0-1.000%, Co: 0-1.000%, Zn: 0-1.000%, W: 0-1.000%, Sn: 0-0.050%, the balance: Fe and impurities, wherein a metal microstructure includes, in area %, at a position ¼ W or ¾ W from an end face of the steel sheet and ¼ t or ¾ t from a surface, retained austenite: more than 2%-10%, martensite ≤2%, bainite: 10-70%, pearlite ≤2%, the balance: ferrite, an average circle-equivalent diameter of a metallic phase constituted of retained austenite/martensite is 1.0 to 5.0 μm, an average of minimum distances between adjacent metallic phases is 3 μm or more, and a standard deviation of nano hardness is 2.5 GPa or less.

Claims (40)

1. A hot rolled steel sheet having a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %,

C: 0.07 to 0.22%,

Si: 1.00 to 3.20%,

Mn: 0.80 to 2.20%,

Al: 0.010 to 1.000%,

N: 0.0060% or less,

P: 0.050% or less,

S: 0.005% or less,

Ti: 0 to 0.150%,

Nb: 0 to 0.100%,

V: 0 to 0.300%,

Cu: 0 to 2.00%,

Ni: 0 to 2.00%,

Cr: 0 to 2.00%,

Mo: 0 to 1.00%,

B: 0 to 0.0100%,

Mg: 0 to 0.0100%,

Ca: 0 to 0.0100%,

REM: 0 to 0.1000%,

Zr: 0 to 1.000%,

Co: 0 to 1.000%,

Zn: 0 to 1.000%,

W: 0 to 1.000%,

Sn: 0 to 0.050%, and

the balance: Fe and impurities, wherein

when a width and a thickness of the steel sheet in a cross section perpendicular to a rolling direction of the steel sheet are defined as W and t, respectively, a metal microstructure includes, in area %, at a position ¼W or ¾W from an end face of the steel sheet and ¼t or ¾t from a surface of the steel sheet,

retained austenite: more than 2% to 10% or less,

martensite: 2% or less,

bainite: 10 to 70%,

pearlite: 2% or less,

the balance: ferrite

an average circle-equivalent diameter of a metallic phase consisting of retained austenite and/or martensite is 1.0 to 5.0 μm,

an average of minimum distances between adjacent metallic phases is 3 μm or more,

a standard deviation of nano hardness is 2.5 GPa or less,

the hot rolled steel sheet has an equivalent plastic strain of 0.50 or more.

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

a tensile strength is 780 MPa or more, and

a sheet thickness is 1.0 to 4.0 mm.

3. The hot rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the chemical composition contains, in mass percent, Si: 1.60 to 3.20%.

4. The hot rolled steel sheet according to claim 2 , wherein the chemical composition contains, in mass percent, Si: 1.60 to 3.20%.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2019
From: YOKOI, TATSUO; YOSHIKAWA, NOBUO; YONEMURA, SHIGERU; OOTSUKA, KAZUYA
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 050567/0278 →
Continuity (1)
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