IP Library Granted Patent US 11,639,535
Granted Patent B2
US 11,639,535 · App. 16/472,556 · Granted May 2, 2023

Steel material for welded steel pipe, having excellent longitudinal uniform elongation, manufacturing method therefor, and steel pipe using same

Inventor: Hwan-Gyo Jung (Pohang-si, KR)
Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
C21D8/02C21D9/08C21D9/46C22C38/02C22C38/06C22C38/12C22C38/14C22C38/16C22C38/48
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Patent No.
US 11,639,535
App. No.
16/472,556
Granted
May 2, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a steel material used for a line pipe for transporting crude oil or natural gas and the like and, more specifically, to a steel material for a welded steel pipe, having excellent longitudinal uniform elongation for the pipe, a manufacturing method therefor, and a steel pipe using the same.

Claims (10)

1. A steel material for a welded steel pipe, the steel material comprising, by wt %, carbon (C): 0.02 to 0.07%, silicon (Si): 0.05 to 0.3%, manganese (Mn): 0.8 to 1.8%, aluminum (Al): 0.005 to 0.05%, nitrogen (N): 0.001 to 0.01%, phosphorus (P): 0.020% or less, sulfur (S): 0.003% or less, nickel (Ni): 0.05 to 0.3%, chromium (Cr): 0.05 to 0.5%, niobium (Nb): 0.01 to 0.1%, and a balance of iron (Fe) and inevitable impurities,

wherein 20 to 50% of polygonal ferrite by area fraction, a low-temperature transformation phase, and a second phase are included as a microstructure, and

the low-temperature transformation phase is acicular ferrite and bainite,

wherein the acicular ferrite is included in an amount of 20 to 40% by area fraction, and

wherein 5% or less, including 0%, of the second phase is included by area fraction.

2. The steel material of claim 1 , further comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of, by wt %, molybdenum (Mo): 0.05 to 0.3%, titanium (Ti): 0.005 to 0.02%, copper (Cu): 0.3% or less, vanadium (V): 0.01 to 0.07%, and calcium (Ca): 0.0005 to 0.005%.

3. The steel material of claim 1 , wherein the second phase is at least one of martensite-austenite constituent, degenerated pearlite, and cementite.

4. The steel material of claim 1 , wherein the steel material has uniform elongation of 8% or more and yield strength of 600 MPa or less.

5. A welded steel pipe, having excellent longitudinal uniform elongation, obtained by pipe making and welding a steel material for a welded steel pipe of claim 1 .

6. The steel material of claim 1 , the steel material comprising, by wt %, manganese (Mn): 0.8 to 1.35%.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2022
From: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
To: POSCO CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 061774/0129 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 28, 2022
From: POSCO
To: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
Reel/Frame 061561/0705 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 21, 2019
From: JUNG, HWAN-GYO
To: POSCO
Reel/Frame 049554/0629 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0177645 · Dec 23, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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