IP Library Granted Patent US 11,255,005
Granted Patent B2
US 11,255,005 · App. 16/325,574 · Granted Feb 22, 2022

Hot-rolled steel sheet

Inventors: Daisuke Maeda (Tokyo, JP); Hiroshi Shuto (Tokyo, JP); Kazuya Ootsuka (Tokyo, JP); Akifumi Sakakibara (Tokyo, JP); Shinsuke Kai (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
C22C38/28C21D8/0205C21D8/0226C21D9/46C22C38/00C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/005C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/08C22C38/12C22C38/14C22C38/16C22C38/22C22C38/58C21D2211/002C21D2211/005C21D2211/008C21D2211/009
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Patent No.
US 11,255,005
App. No.
16/325,574
Granted
Feb 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hot-rolled steel sheet includes, by mass %, C: 0.030% or more and less than 0.075%, Si+Al: 0.08% to 0.40%, Mn: 0.5% to 2.0%, and Ti: 0.020% to 0.150%, and includes a microstructure having a ferrite and a martensite. The hot-rolled steel sheet includes a microstructure having, by area %, 90% to 98% of the ferrite, 2% to 10% of the martensite, 0% to 3% of a bainite, and 0% to 3% of a pearlite. In the martensite, the number proportion of martensite grains having a hardness of 10.0 GPa or more is 10% or less, and a ratio N1/N2 of the number N1 of martensite grains having a hardness of 8.0 GPa or more and less than 10.0 GPa to the number N2 of martensite grains having a hardness of less than 8.0 GPa is 0.8 to 1.2.

Claims (46)

1. A hot-rolled steel sheet comprising, as a chemical composition, by mass %,

C: 0.030% or more and less than 0.075%,

Si+Al: 0.08% to 0.40%,

Mn: 0.5% to 2.0%,

Ti: 0.020% to 0.150%,

Nb: 0% to 0.06%,

Mo: 0% to 1.0%,

V: 0% to 1.00%,

W: 0% to 1.0%,

B: 0% to 0.005%,

Cu: 0% to 1.2%,

Ni: 0% to 0.80%,

Cr: 0% to 1.5%,

Ca: 0% to 0.005%,

REM: 0% to 0.050%,

P: 0% to 0.040%,

S: 0% to 0.0100%,

N: 0% to 0.0100%, and

a remainder comprising Fe and impurities,

wherein the hot-rolled steel sheet includes a microstructure having ferrite and martensite,

the microstructure contains 90% to 98% of ferrite, 2% to 10% of martensite, 0% to 3% of bainite, and 0% to 3% of a pearlite, by area %,

in the martensite, a number proportion of martensite grains having a hardness of 10.0 GPa or more is 10% or less, and

a ratio N1/N2 of a number N1 of martensite grains having a hardness of 8.0 GPa or more and less than 10.0 GPa to a number N2 of martensite grains having a hardness of less than 8.0 GPa is in a range from 0.8 to 1.2.

2. The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , comprising, as the chemical composition, by mass %, at least one selected from the group consisting of

Nb: 0.005% to 0.06%,

Mo: 0.05% to 1.0%,

V: 0.02% to 1.0%,

W: 0.1% to 1.0%,

B: 0.0001% to 0.005%,

Cu: 0.1% to 1.2%,

Ni: 0.05% to 0.8%,

Cr: 0.01% to 1.5%,

Ca: 0.0005% to 0.0050%, and

REM: 0.0005% to 0.0500%.

3. The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein Ti existing as a Ti carbide is, by mass %, 40% or more of Tief calculated by Equation (1),

Tief=(Ti)−48/14×(N)−48/32×(S)  (1),

where (Ti), (N), and (S) each represent a content, by mass %, of each corresponding element.

4. The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 3 ,

wherein a ratio of a total mass of Ti carbide having a circle equivalent grain size of 7 nm to 20 nm to a total mass of all Ti carbides is 50% or more.

5. The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 2 ,

wherein Ti existing as a Ti carbide is, by mass %, 40% or more of Tief calculated by Equation (1),

Tief=(Ti)−48/14×(N)−48/32×(S)  (1),

where (Ti), (N), and (S) each represent a content, by mass %, of each corresponding element.

6. The hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 5 ,

wherein a ratio of a total mass of Ti carbide having a circle equivalent grain size of 7 nm to 20 nm to a total mass of all Ti carbides is 50% or more.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 1, 2019
From: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049924/0315 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2019
From: MAEDA, DAISUKE; SHUTO, HIROSHI; OOTSUKA, KAZUYA; SAKAKIBARA, AKIFUMI; KAI, SHINSUKE
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048347/0555 →
Continuity (1)
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