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US 11,866,800 · App. 17/786,988 · Granted Jan 9, 2024

Steel sheet and method of manufacturing the same

Inventors: Hiroyuki Kawata (Tokyo, JP); Kengo Takeda (Tokyo, JP); Mai Nagano (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
C21D9/46B32B15/013C21D6/001C21D6/002C21D6/005C21D6/008C21D8/0205C21D8/0226C21D8/0236C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/005C22C38/008C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/08C22C38/12C22C38/16C22C38/28C23C2/022C23C2/06C23C2/28C23C2/40C21D2211/005Y10T428/12799
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Patent No.
US 11,866,800
App. No.
17/786,988
Granted
Jan 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A steel sheet includes a predetermined composition satisfying Expression (1), in which the microstructure at the ¼ thickness position from the surface in the sheet thickness direction includes, by vol %, ferrite: 95% or more and a remainder of the microstructure: 5% or less, has a proportion of unrecrystallized ferrite in the ferrite of 5% or less, and a half width w and an X-ray wavelength λ at a peak of (200) plane of the ferrite satisfy Expression (2). 0.80≤{(Ti/48−N/14)+Nb/93}/(C/12)≤5.00  (1) w ×λ≥0.20  (2)

Claims (288)

1. A steel sheet comprising, as a composition, by mass %:

C: 0.0003% to 0.0100%;

Si: 0.005% to 1.500%;

Mn: 0.010% to 3.000%;

Al: 0.005% to 1.000%;

P: 0.100% or less;

S: 0.0200% or less;

N: 0.0150% or less;

O: 0.0100% or less;

V: 0% to 0.50%;

Cr: 0% to 1.00%;

Ni: 0% to 1.00%;

Cu: 0% to 1.00%;

Mo: 0% to 1.00%;

W: 0% to 1.00%;

B: 0% to 0.0100%;

Sn: 0% to 1.00%;

Sb: 0% to 0.20%;

one or two or more selected from the group of Ca, Ce, Mg, Zr, La, and REM: 0% to 0.0100% in total;

one or two selected from the group of Ti: 0.010% to 0.100% and Nb: 0.005% to 0.060%; and

a remainder including Fe and impurities,

wherein Expression (1) is satisfied,

a microstructure at a ¼ thickness position from a surface in a sheet thickness direction includes, by vol %, 95% or more ferrite, and 5% or less of a remainder of the microstructure, and the ferrite has a proportion of unrecrystallized ferrite of 5% or less, and

a half width w and an X-ray wavelength λ at a peak of (200) plane of the ferrite satisfy Expression (2),

0.80≤{(Ti/48−N/14)+Nb/93}/(C/12)≤5.00  (1),

w ×λ≥0.20  (2),

wherein each of Ti, N, Nb, and C in Expression (1) represents a content by mass % of the element, and when the element is not included, 0 is substituted as the content of the element.

2. The steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein the composition further includes, by mass %, one or two or more selected from the group of:

V: 0.01% to 0.50%;

Cr: 0.05% to 1.00%;

Ni: 0.05% to 1.00%;

Cu: 0.05% to 1.00%;

Mo: 0.03% to 1.00%;

W: 0.03% to 1.00%;

B: 0.0005% to 0.0100%;

Sn: 0.01% to 1.00%;

Sb: 0.005% to 0.20%; and

one or two or more selected from the group of Ca, Ce, Mg, Zr, La, and REM: 0.0001% to 0.0100% in total.

3. The steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein an average grain size of the ferrite in the microstructure is 6.0 m to 15.0 m.

4. The steel sheet according to claim 1 , comprising a galvanized layer on the surface.

5. The steel sheet according to claim 1 , comprising a zinc alloy plated layer on the surface.

6. The steel sheet according to claim 4 ,

wherein a Fe content in the galvanized layer is 7.0% to 130.0% by mass %.

7. A method of manufacturing the steel sheet according to claim 1 , comprising:

a hot-rolling process of heating a steel piece having the composition according to claim 1 to 1200° C. to 1320° C., completing hot rolling such that a hot rolling completion temperature is 880° C. or higher, and cooling the steel piece to obtain a hot-rolled steel sheet such that an average cooling rate in a temperature range of the hot rolling completion temperature to 500° C. is 20° C./s or faster;

a reheating process of heating the hot-rolled steel sheet to a temperature range of 500° C. to 700° C.;

a cooling process of cooling the hot-rolled steel sheet to room temperature;

a cold rolling process of cold-rolling the hot-rolled steel sheet to obtain a cold-rolled steel sheet such that a total rolling reduction is 60% to 90% and a cold rolling completion temperature is 250° C. or lower;

an annealing process of heating the cold-rolled steel sheet to an annealing temperature of 700° C. to 850° C. and cooling to a temperature range of 80° C. or lower; and

a temper rolling process of performing temper rolling on the cold-rolled steel sheet such that a total rolling reduction is 0.05% to 2.00%,

wherein in the reheating process,

Expression (3) is satisfied in a temperature range of 500° C. to 700° C., and

in the annealing process,

Expression (4) is satisfied in a temperature range of 700° C. to the annealing temperature during heating to the annealing temperature, and

Expression (5) is satisfied in the temperature range of 500° C. to 700° C. during cooling from the annealing temperature, and

bending is performed while applying a tension of 20 MPa or higher in a temperature range of 80° C. to 500° C.,

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t n and K n are calculated when the temperature history in the temperature range of 500° C. to 700° C. of the reheating process is divided into 20 periods with respect to time and an average temperature in an n-th period is represented by T n [° C.],

Δt K represents a time [hr·] in one of 20 periods into which a total residence time in the same temperature range is divided,

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R m is calculated when a temperature history of the steel sheet from 700° C. to the annealing temperature during heating in the annealing process is divided into 10 periods with respect to time and an average temperature in an m-th period is represented by T m [° C.],

Δt R represents a time [s] in one of 10 periods into which a total residence time in the temperature range of 700° C. to the annealing temperature is divided,

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in Expression (5), P j represents an index representing a degree of progress of precipitation of C in a temperature range of 700° C. to 500° C.,

P k is calculated when a temperature history of the steel sheet from 700° C. to 500° C. during cooling in the annealing process is divided into 10 periods with respect to time and an average temperature in a k-th period is represented by T k [° C.],

Δt p represents a time [s] in one of 10 periods into which a total residence time in the same temperature range is divided,

R 10 represents a value obtained by substituting 10 into m of R m in Expression (4), and

D, E, and F represent constant terms, D represents 4.47×10 4 , E represents 2.11×10 0 , and F represents 1.25×10 4 .

8. The method of manufacturing a steel sheet according to claim 7 ,

wherein during cooling in the annealing process, hot-dip galvanizing is performed on the cold-rolled steel sheet.

9. The method of manufacturing a steel sheet according to claim 7 ,

wherein during cooling in the annealing process, hot-dip zinc alloy plating is performed on the cold-rolled steel sheet.

10. The method of manufacturing a steel sheet according to claim 8 ,

wherein during cooling in the annealing process, alloying is performed after the hot-dip galvanizing.

11. The steel sheet according to claim 5 ,

wherein a Fe content in the zinc alloy plated layer is 7.0% to 13.0% by mass %.

12. The method of manufacturing a steel sheet according to claim 9 ,

wherein during cooling in the annealing process, alloying is performed after the hot-dip zinc alloy plating.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 21, 2022
From: KAWATA, HIROYUKI; TAKEDA, KENGO; NAGANO, MAI
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060259/0730 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-001529 · Jan 8, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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