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US 11,326,234 · App. 16/499,834 · Granted May 10, 2022

Cold-rolled steel sheet and hot-dip galvanized cold-rolled steel sheet

Inventors: Takafumi Yokoyama (Tokyo, JP); Riki Okamoto (Tokyo, JP); Yuji Yamaguchi (Tokyo, JP); Kazuki Shiokawa (Tokyo, JP); Yuichi Nakahira (Tokyo, JP); Hiroyuki Kawata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
C22C38/04C21D8/0236C21D9/46C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/008C22C38/02C22C38/06C22C38/12C22C38/14C22C38/16C22C38/54C22C38/60C23C2/06C21D2211/001C21D2211/002C21D2211/005C21D2211/008C21D2211/009
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Patent No.
US 11,326,234
App. No.
16/499,834
Granted
May 10, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cold-rolled steel sheet is provided that has a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more, and has a prescribed chemical composition. The microstructure is composed of, in area %, ferrite: 1 to 29%, retained austenite: 5 to 20%, martensite: less than 10%, pearlite: less than 5%, and the balance: bainite and/or tempered martensite. The total sum of the lengths of phase boundaries where ferrite comes in contact with martensite or retained austenite having a circle-equivalent radius of 1 μm or more is 100 μm or less per 1000 μm 2 . The cold-rolled steel sheet is excellent in workability and low-temperature toughness, and in particular is excellent in low-temperature toughness after introduction of plastic strain.

Claims (78)

1. A cold-rolled steel sheet having a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more, and comprising a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %:

C: 0.10 to 0.30%,

Si: 0.50 to 2.50%,

Mn: 1.50 to 3.50%,

Al: 0.001 to 1.00%,

P: 0.05% or less,

S: 0.01% or less,

N: 0.01% or less,

O: 0.01% or less,

Cr: 0 to 1.00%,

Mo: 0 to 1.00%,

Sn: 0 to 1.00%,

Cu: 0 to 1.00%,

Ni: 0 to 1.00%,

B: 0 to 0.005%,

Ti: 0 to 0.30%,

V: 0 to 0.50%,

Nb: 0 to 0.10%,

W: 0 to 0.50%,

Ca: 0 to 0.010%,

Mg: 0 to 0.010%,

Sb: 0 to 0.200%,

Zr: 0 to 0.010%,

Bi: 0 to 0.010%,

REM: 0 to 0.100%, and

the balance: Fe and impurities,

wherein:

a microstructure consists of, in area %:

ferrite: 1 to 29%,

retained austenite: 5 to 20%,

martensite: less than 10%,

pearlite: less than 5%, and

the balance: bainite and/or tempered martensite; and

a total sum of lengths of phase boundaries where ferrite comes in contact with martensite or retained austenite, said martensite or retained austenite having a circle-equivalent radius of 1 μm or more, is 100 μm or less per 1000 μm 2 .

2. The cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein:

a thickness of the steel sheet is in a range of 0.5 to 3.2 mm.

3. A hot-dip galvanized cold-rolled steel sheet, comprising:

a hot-dip galvanized layer on a surface of the cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 2 .

4. A hot-dip galvanized cold-rolled steel sheet, comprising:

a galvannealed layer on a surface of the cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 2 .

5. A hot-dip galvanized cold-rolled steel sheet, comprising:

a hot-dip galvanized layer on a surface of the cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 .

6. A hot-dip galvanized cold-rolled steel sheet, comprising:

a galvannealed layer on a surface of the cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 .

7. A cold-rolled steel sheet having a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more, and comprising a chemical composition comprising, in mass %:

C: 0.10 to 0.30%,

Si: 0.50 to 2.50%,

Mn: 1.50 to 3.50%,

Al: 0.001 to 1.00%,

P: 0.05% or less,

S: 0.01% or less,

N: 0.01% or less,

O: 0.01% or less,

Cr: 0 to 1.00%,

Mo: 0 to 1.00%,

Sn: 0 to 1.00%,

Cu: 0 to 1.00%,

Ni: 0 to 1.00%,

B: 0 to 0.005%,

Ti: 0 to 0.30%,

V: 0 to 0.50%,

Nb: 0 to 0.10%,

W: 0 to 0.50%,

Ca: 0 to 0.010%,

Mg: 0 to 0.010%,

Sb: 0 to 0.200%,

Zr: 0 to 0.010%,

Bi: 0 to 0.010%,

REM: 0 to 0.100%, and

the balance comprising: Fe and impurities,

wherein:

a microstructure comprising, in area %:

ferrite: 1 to 29%,

retained austenite: 5 to 20%,

martensite: less than 10%,

pearlite: less than 5%, and

the balance: bainite and/or tempered martensite; and

a total sum of lengths of phase boundaries where ferrite comes in contact with martensite or retained austenite, said martensite or retained austenite having a circle-equivalent radius of 1 μm or more, is 100 μm or less per 1000 μm 2 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 1, 2019
From: YOKOYAMA, TAKAFUMI; OKAMOTO, RIKI; YAMAGUCHI, YUJI; SHIOKAWA, KAZUKI; NAKAHIRA, YUICHI; KAWATA, HIROYUKI
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 050591/0120 →
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