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US 12,421,569 · App. 17/923,468 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Steel sheet and method for producing same

Inventors: Kengo Takeda (Tokyo, JP); Katsuya Nakano (Tokyo, JP); Yuya Suzuki (Tokyo, JP); Eriko Tsukamoto (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
C21D9/46B21C47/02C21D8/0226C21D8/0236C21D8/0273C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/14C23C2/06C23C2/12C23C2/40C23G1/08C21D2211/001C21D2211/002C21D2211/005C21D2211/008C21D2211/009
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,421,569
App. No.
17/923,468
Filed
Nov 4, 2022
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Examiner
WU, JENNY R
Art Unit
1733
USPC
148/661
Abstract

Provided is a steel sheet having a predetermined chemical composition, wherein precipitates having a diameter of less than 0.1 μm are present in a number density of 10 to 200/μm 2 in a depth region of 1 to 10 μm from a surface, an amount of dissolved C in a depth region of 10 to 60 μm from the surface is less than 0.20 mass %, and a tensile strength is 1200 MPa or more. Further, provided is a method for producing a steel sheet comprising a step of hot rolling a steel slab having a predetermined chemical composition, then coiling it at 580° C. or less, a step of pickling the hot rolled steel sheet to remove oxide scale and remove the surface layer of the hot rolled steel sheet down to at least 5 μm, and a step of cold rolling the hot rolled steel sheet, then holding it in an atmosphere of a dew point of −20 to 20° C. at a temperature region of 200 to 400° C. for 20 to 180 seconds and holding it at a temperature region of 740 to 900° C. for 40 to 300 seconds.

Claims (65)

1. A steel sheet having a chemical composition comprising, by mass %,

C: 0.20 to 0.40%,

Si: 0.01 to 2.00%,

Mn: 0.10% to 4.00%,

P: 0.0200% or less,

S: 0.0200% or less,

Al: 1.500% or less,

N: 0.0200% or less,

Ti: 0.005 to 0.500%,

Co: 0 to 0.5000%,

Ni: 0 to 1.0000%,

Mo: 0 to 1.0000%,

Cr: 0 to 2.0000%,

O: 0 to 0.0200%,

B: 0 to 0.0100%,

Nb: 0 to 0.5000%,

V: 0 to 0.5000%,

Cu: 0 to 0.5000%,

W: 0 to 0.1000%,

Ta: 0 to 0.1000%,

Sn: 0 to 0.0500%,

Sb: 0 to 0.0500%,

As: 0 to 0.0500%,

Mg: 0 to 0.0500%,

Ca: 0 to 0.0500%,

Y: 0 to 0.0500%,

Zr: 0 to 0.0500%,

La: 0 to 0.0500%,

Ce: 0 to 0.0500%, and

a balance of Fe and impurities,

wherein precipitates having a diameter of less than 0.1 μm are present in a number density of 10 to 200/μm 2 in a depth region of 1 to 10 μm from a surface,

an amount of dissolved C in a depth region of 10 to 60 μm from the surface is less than 0.20 mass %, and

a tensile strength is 1200 MPa or more.

2. The steel sheet according to claim 1 wherein the chemical composition comprises, by mass %, one or more selected from

Co: 0.0001 to 0.5000%,

Ni: 0.0001 to 1.0000%,

Mo: 0.0001 to 1.0000%,

Cr: 0.0001 to 2.0000%,

O: 0.0001 to 0.0200%,

B: 0.0001 to 0.0100%,

Nb: 0.0001 to 0.5000%,

V: 0.0001 to 0.5000%,

Cu: 0.0001 to 0.5000%,

W: 0.0001 to 0.1000%,

Ta: 0.0001 to 0.1000%,

Sn: 0.0001 to 0.0500%,

Sb: 0.0001 to 0.0500%,

As: 0.0001 to 0.0500%,

Mg: 0.0001 to 0.0500%,

Ca: 0.0001 to 0.0500%,

Y: 0.0001 to 0.0500%,

Zr: 0.0001 to 0.0500%,

La: 0.0001 to 0.0500%, and

Ce: 0.0001 to 0.0500%.

3. The steel sheet according to claim 2 , wherein a plating layer containing zinc, aluminum, magnesium, an alloy comprising any combination thereof, or an alloy of at least one of these elements and iron is formed on at least one surface of the steel sheet.

4. A method for producing a steel sheet comprising

a step of hot rolling a steel slab having a chemical composition according to claim 2 , then coiling it at 580° C. or less,

a step of pickling the obtained hot rolled steel sheet to remove oxide scale present on the surface of the hot rolled steel sheet and remove the surface layer of the hot rolled steel sheet down to at least 5 μm, and

a step of cold rolling the hot rolled steel sheet, then annealing it, wherein the annealing comprises holding the obtained cold rolled steel sheet in an atmosphere of a dew point of −20 to 20° C. at a temperature region of 200 to 400° C. for 20 to 180 seconds, then holding it in an atmosphere of a dew point of −20 to 20° C. at a temperature region of 740 to 900° C. for 45 to 300 seconds.

5. The steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein a plating layer containing zinc, aluminum, magnesium, an alloy comprising any combination thereof, or an alloy of at least one of these elements and iron is formed on at least one surface of the steel sheet.

6. A method for producing a steel sheet comprising

a step of hot rolling a steel slab having a chemical composition according to claim 1 , then coiling it at 580° C. or less,

a step of pickling the obtained hot rolled steel sheet to remove oxide scale present on the surface of the hot rolled steel sheet and remove the surface layer of the hot rolled steel sheet down to at least 5 μm, and

a step of cold rolling the hot rolled steel sheet, then annealing it, wherein the annealing comprises holding the obtained cold rolled steel sheet in an atmosphere of a dew point of −20 to 20° C. at a temperature region of 200 to 400° C. for 20 to 180 seconds, then holding it in an atmosphere of a dew point of −20 to 20° C. at a temperature region of 740 to 900° C. for 45 to 300 seconds.

7. The method for producing the steel sheet according to claim 6 , wherein, in the annealing, a plating layer containing zinc, aluminum, magnesium, an alloy comprising any combination thereof, or an alloy of at least one of these elements and iron is formed on at least one surface of the cold rolled steel sheet.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 7, 2022
From: TAKEDA, KENGO; NAKANO, KATSUYA; SUZUKI, YUYA; TSUKAMOTO, ERIKO
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061678/0041 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-099296 · Jun 8, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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