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Granted Patent B2
US 11,236,409 · App. 16/493,942 · Granted Feb 1, 2022

Coated steel sheet

Inventor: Takuya Mitsunobu (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
C22C18/04B32B15/012B32B15/013C22C21/10C23C2/06C23C2/12C23C2/40Y10T428/12799
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Patent No.
US 11,236,409
App. No.
16/493,942
Granted
Feb 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A coated steel sheet including a steel sheet and a coating layer provided on at least part of the surface of the steel sheet, in which the coating layer has a predetermined chemical composition in terms of % by mass, and the coating layer has a granular Mg 2 Sn phase-containing structure in an area fraction of from 5 to 65%, and a structure containing a solid solution of Zn and Al, and the granular Mg 2 Sn phase-containing structure is a structure constituted with a Zn phase and a granular Mg 2 Sn phase having a crystal grain size of less than 1 μm dispersed in the Zn phase.

Claims (50)

1. A coated steel sheet comprising a steel sheet and a coating layer provided on at least a part of a surface of the steel sheet, wherein:

the coating layer has a chemical composition comprising in terms of % by mass:

Al: from 15% to 60%

Mg: from 0.5% to 8.0%

Sn: from 0.5% to 20.0%

Si: from 0.05% to 1.50%

Bi: from 0% to 5.0%,

In: from 0% to 2.0%,

Ca: from 0% to 3.0%,

Y: from 0% to 0.5%,

La: from 0% to 0.5%,

Ce: from 0% to 0.5%,

Cr: from 0% to 0.25%,

Ti: from 0% to 0.25%,

Ni: from 0% to 0.25%,

Co: from 0% to 0.25%,

V: from 0% to 0.25%,

Nb: from 0% to 0.25%,

Cu: from 0% to 0.25%,

Mn: from 0% to 0.25%,

Sr: from 0% to 0.5%,

Sb: from 0% to 0.5%,

Pb: from 0% to 0.5%,

B: from 0% to 0.5%, and

a balance comprising Zn and impurities, wherein:

the coating layer has a granular Mg 2 Sn phase-containing structure in an area fraction of from 5 to 65%, and a structure containing a solid solution of Zn and Al, and

the granular Mg 2 Sn phase-containing structure is a structure constituted with a Zn phase and a granular Mg 2 Sn phase having a crystal grain size of less than 1 μm dispersed in the Zn phase.

2. The coated steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein a content of Mg is from 0.5% to 3.0%, and a content of Sn is from 1.0% to 7.5% in terms of % by mass.

3. The coated steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein a content of Al is from 20% to 60%, a content of Mg is from 1.0% to 2.0%, a content of Sn is from 1.0% to 5.0%, and a content of Si is from 0.05% to 1.0% in terms of % by mass.

4. The coated steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein a content of Sn and a content of Mg satisfy the following Formula (1):

Mg≤Sn≤2.5×Mg  Formula (1)

wherein, in Formula (1), each atomic symbol indicates a content of the element in terms of % by mass.

5. The coated steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the area fraction of the granular Mg 2 Sn phase-containing structure is from 20% to 60%.

6. The coated steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the area fraction of the granular Mg 2 Sn phase-containing structure is from 30% to 60%.

7. The coated steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein an area fraction of the structure containing a solid solution of Zn and Al is from 35% to 95%.

8. The coated steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the coating layer has a massive MgZn 2 phase with an equivalent circle diameter of 1 μm or more in an area fraction of from 0% to 20%.

9. The coated steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the coating layer has a massive MgZn 2 phase with an equivalent circle diameter of 1 μm or more in an area fraction of from 0% to 5%.

10. The coated steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the coating layer has a massive Zn phase with an equivalent circle diameter of 2 μm or more in an area fraction of from 0% to 20%.

11. The coated steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the coating layer has a massive Zn phase with an equivalent circle diameter of 2 μm or more in an area fraction of from 0% to 10%.

12. The coated steel sheet according to claim 1 , further comprising an interfacial alloy layer with a thickness of from 100 nm to 1.5 μm consisting of an Al—Fe intermetallic compound between the steel sheet and the coating layer.

13. The coated steel sheet according to claim 2 , wherein a content of Al is from 20% to 60%, a content of Mg is from 1.0% to 2.0%, a content of Sn is from 1.0% to 5.0%, and a content of Si is from 0.05% to 1.0% in terms of % by mass.

14. The coated steel sheet according to claim 2 , wherein a content of Sn and a content of Mg satisfy the following Formula (1):

Mg≤Sn≤2.5×Mg  Formula (1)

wherein, in Formula (1), each atomic symbol indicates a content of the element in terms of % by mass.

15. The coated steel sheet according to claim 3 , wherein a content of Sn and a content of Mg satisfy the following Formula (1):

Mg≤Sn≤2.5×Mg  Formula (1)

wherein, in Formula (1), each atomic symbol indicates a content of the element in terms of % by mass.

16. The coated steel sheet according to claim 2 , wherein the area fraction of the granular Mg 2 Sn phase-containing structure is from 20% to 60%.

17. The coated steel sheet according to claim 3 , wherein the area fraction of the granular Mg 2 Sn phase-containing structure is from 20% to 60%.

18. The coated steel sheet according to claim 4 , wherein the area fraction of the granular Mg 2 Sn phase-containing structure is from 20% to 60%.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 17, 2019
From: MITSUNOBU, TAKUYA
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 050408/0289 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-053150 · Mar 17, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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