High-strength cold-rolled steel sheet and method for manufacturing same

1. A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet comprising: a chemical composition containing, in mass %,

C: 0.060% to 0.250%,

Si: 0.70% to 1.80%,

Mn: 1.00% to 2.80%,

P: 0.100% or less,

S: 0.0100% or less,

Al: 0.010% to 0.100%, and

N: 0.0100% or less,

with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein

the high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet has a microstructure consisting of, in percent by area,

ferrite: 57% to 90%,

quenched martensite: 1% to 8%,

tempered martensite: 3% to 40%, and

retained austenite: 6% to 15%,

the quenched martensite has an average grain size of 2.5 μm or less,

the quenched martensite has an average circularity index of 0.50 to 1.00, the circularity index being defined as 4 πM/D 2 , where D is a perimeter of the quenched martensite and M is an area of the quenched martensite, and

the high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet has a ratio of an area ratio of the quenched martensite f M to a total area ratio of the quenched martensite and the tempered martensite f M+TM , f M /f M+TM , of 0 to 0.50.

2. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the chemical composition further contains, in mass %, at least one selected from the group consisting of:

Mo: 0.50% or less,

Ti: 0.100% or less,

Nb: 0.050% or less,

V: 0.100% or less,

B: 0.0100% or less,

Cr: 0.50% or less,

Cu: 1.00% or less,

Ni: 0.50% or less,

As: 0.500% or less,

Sb: 0.100% or less,

Sn: 0.100% or less,

Ta: 0.100% or less,

Ca: 0.0200% or less,

Mg: 0.0200% or less,

Zn: 0.020% or less,

Co: 0.020% or less,

Zr: 0.020% or less, and

REM: 0.0200% or less.

3. A method for manufacturing a high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , comprising:

heating a steel slab having the chemical composition according to claim 1 to a steel slab heating temperature of 1100° C. to 1300° C. to obtain a heated steel slab,

hot rolling the heated steel slab with a finisher delivery temperature of 800° C. to 950° C., a coiling temperature of 300° C. to 700° C. to obtain a hot-rolled steel sheet,

cold rolling the hot-rolled steel sheet with a rolling reduction of 30% or more to obtain a cold-rolled steel sheet,

subjecting the cold-rolled steel sheet to a first soaking treatment, whereby the cold-rolled steel sheet is heated under conditions of a first soaking temperature of a T1 temperature or higher and a T2 temperature or lower and an average heating rate of less than 5.0 ° C./s within a temperature range of 500° C. to an Ac 1 transformation temperature and subsequently cooled to a cooling stop temperature of 100° C. to 250° C. with an average cooling rate of 10° C./s or more in a temperature range down to 500° C., and

subjecting the cold-rolled steel sheet after the first soaking treatment to a second soaking treatment, whereby the cold-rolled steel sheet is re-heated to a second soaking temperature of 350° C. to 500° C., held at the second soaking temperature for 10 seconds or more, subsequently cooled to 200° C. with an average cooling rate of 50° C./s or less, and then cooled to a room temperature,

the T1 temperature being defined by the following formula (1):

T 1 temperature (° C.)=751−27×[% C]+18×[% Si]−12×[% Mn]−169×[% Al]−6×[% Ti]+24×[% Cr]−895×[% B]  (1)

the T2 temperature being defined by the following formula (2):

T 2 temperature (° C.)=937−477×[% C]+56×[% Si]−20×[% Mn]+198×[% Al]+136×[% Ti]−5×[% Cr]+3315×[% B]  (2)

where brackets of the formula (1) and formula (2) indicate content by mass % of an element of the chemical composition enclosed in the brackets.

4. A method for manufacturing a high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 2 , comprising:

heating a steel slab having the chemical composition according to claim 2 to a steel slab heating temperature of 1100° C. to 1300° C. to obtain a heated steel slab,

hot rolling the heated steel slab with a finisher delivery temperature of 800° C. to 950° C., a coiling temperature of 300° C. to 700° C. to obtain a hot-rolled steel sheet,

cold rolling the hot-rolled steel sheet with a rolling reduction of 30% or more to obtain a cold-rolled steel sheet,

subjecting the cold-rolled steel sheet to a first soaking treatment, whereby the cold-rolled steel sheet is heated under conditions of a first soaking temperature of a T1 temperature or higher and a T2 temperature or lower and an average heating rate of less than 5.0° C./s within a temperature range of 500° C. to an Ac 1 transformation temperature and subsequently cooled to a cooling stop temperature of 100° C. to 250° C. with an average cooling rate of 10° C./s or more in a temperature range down to 500° C., and

subjecting the cold-rolled steel sheet after the first soaking treatment to a second soaking treatment, whereby the cold-rolled steel sheet is re-heated to a second soaking temperature of 350° C. to 500° C., held at the second soaking temperature for 10 seconds or more, subsequently cooled to 200° C. with an average cooling rate of 50° C./s or less, and then cooled to a room temperature,

the T1 temperature being defined by the following formula (1):

T 1 temperature (° C.)=751−27×[% C]+18×[% Si]−12×[% Mn]−169×[% Al]−6×[% Ti]+24×[% Cr]−895×[% B]  (1)

the T2 temperature being defined by the following formula (2):

T 2 temperature (° C.)=937−477×[% C]+56×[% Si]−20×[% Mn]+198×[% Al]+136×[% Ti]−5×[% Cr]+3315×[% B]  (2)

where brackets of the formula (1) and formula (2) indicate content by mass % of an element of the chemical composition enclosed in the brackets.