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US 12,571,083 · App. 18/844,986 · Granted Mar 10, 2026

Plated steel material and method for manufacturing plated steel material

Inventors: Mamoru Saito (Tokyo, JP); Yasuto Goto (Tokyo, JP); Hidetoshi Shindo (Tokyo, JP); Naoyuki Yamato (Tokyo, JP); Yuto Fukuda (Tokyo, JP); Takuya Miyata (Tokyo, JP); Yasuhiro Majima (Tokyo, JP); Kohei Tokuda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
C23C2/06B32B15/013C22C18/04C23C2/0224C23C2/024C23C2/026C23C2/29C23C2/40
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Patent No.
US 12,571,083
App. No.
18/844,986
Granted
Mar 10, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a coated steel product in which a coating layer has a predetermined chemical composition, and in a backscattered electron image of a Zn—Al—Mg alloy layer, obtained by polishing a surface of the coating layer to ½ of a layer thickness, and observing the surface at a magnification of 100× with a scanning electron microscope, Zn/Al/MgZn 2 ternary eutectics are present, and an average value of a cumulative circumferential length of the Zn/Al/MgZn 2 ternary eutectics is from 100 to 300 mm/mm 2 and a method of manufacturing the coated steel product.

Claims (39)

1 . A coated steel product comprising a base steel and a coating layer including a Zn—Al—Mg alloy layer provided on a surface of the base steel, wherein the coating layer has a chemical composition composed of, in terms of % by mass:

Zn at more than 65.00%,

Al at more than 5.00% and less than 25.00%,

Mg at more than 3.00% and less than 12.50%,

Sn at from 0% to 3.00%,

Bi at from 0% to less than 5.00%,

In at from 0% to less than 2.00%,

Ca at from 0% to 3.00%,

Y at from 0% to 0.50%,

La at from 0% to less than 0.50%,

Ce at from 0% to less than 0.50%,

Si at from 0% to less than 2.50%,

Cr at from 0% to less than 0.25%,

Ti at from 0% to less than 0.25%,

Zr at from 0% to less than 0.25%,

Mo at from 0% to less than 0.25%,

W at from 0% to less than 0.25%,

Ag at from 0% to less than 0.25%,

P at from 0% to less than 0.25%,

Ni at from 0% to less than 0.25%,

Co at from 0% to less than 0.25%,

V at from 0% to less than 0.25%,

Nb at from 0% to less than 0.25%,

Cu at from 0% to less than 0.25%,

Mn at from 0% to less than 0.25%,

Li at from 0% to less than 0.25%,

Na at from 0% to less than 0.25%,

K at from 0% to less than 0.25%,

Fe at from 0% to 5.00%,

Sr at from 0% to less than 0.50%,

Sb at from 0% to less than 0.50%,

Pb at from 0% to less than 0.50%,

B at from 0% to less than 0.50%, and

impurities,

wherein, in a backscattered electron image of the Zn—Al—Mg alloy layer, obtained by polishing a surface of the coating layer to ½ of a layer thickness, and observing the surface at a magnification of 100× with a scanning electron microscope, Zn/Al/MgZn 2 ternary eutectics are present, and an average value of a cumulative circumferential length of the Zn/Al/MgZn 2 ternary eutectics is from 100 to 300 mm/mm 2 .

2 . The coated steel product according to claim 1 , wherein the coating layer has an Al—Fe alloy layer between the base steel and the Zn—Al—Mg alloy layer.

3 . The coated steel product according to claim 1 , wherein an interface roughness Ra between the base steel and the coating layer is from 0.3 to 2.0 μm.

4 . A method of manufacturing the coated steel product according to claim 1 ,

wherein a base steel having a surface roughness Ra of a surface to be coated of from 0.3 to 2.0 μm is immersed in a coating bath and pulled up from the coating bath, and then cooled down in a temperature range of from 450° C. to 395° C. at an average cooling rate of from 5 to 20° C./s, cooled down in a temperature range of from 395° C. to 340° C. at an average cooling rate of 3° C./s or less, and cooled down in a temperature range of from 340° C. to 280° C. at an average cooling rate of from 10 to 20° C./s.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 15, 2024
From: SAITO, MAMORU; GOTO, YASUTO; SHINDO, HIDETOSHI; YAMATO, NAOYUKI; FUKUDA, YUTO; MIYATA, TAKUYA; MAJIMA, YASUHIRO; TOKUDA, KOHEI
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 068891/0766 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-044295 · Mar 18, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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