Steel sheet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10337092-B2
Application number	US-201414785788-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 24, 2014
Priority date	Apr 25, 2013
Publication date	Jul 2, 2019
Grant date	Jul 2, 2019

Abstract

A steel sheet according to the present invention includes a predetermined chemical composition, in which amounts of each elements by mass % in the chemical composition satisfy both of expression “0.3000≤{Ca/40.88+(REM/140)/2}/(S/32.07)” and expression “Ca≤0.0058−0.0050×C”, and a number density of carbonitrides including Ti which exists independently and has a long side of 5 μm or more is limited to 5 pieces/mm2 or less.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A steel sheet, wherein
a chemical composition comprises, by mass %:
C: more than 0.25% and 0.48% or less;
Si: 0.10% to 0.60%;
Mn: 0.40% to 0.90%;
Al: 0.003% to 0.070%;
Ca: 0.0005% to 0.0040%;
REM: 0.0003% to 0.0050%;
Cu: 0% to 0.05%;
Nb: 0% to 0.05%;
V: 0% to 0.05%;
Mo: 0% to 0.05%;
Ni: 0% to 0.05%;
Cr: 0% to 0.50%;
B: 0% to 0.0050%;
P: limited to 0.020% or less;
S: limited to 0.0070% or less;
Ti: limited to 0.050% or less;
O: limited to 0.0040% or less;
N: limited to 0.0075% or less; and
remainder including iron and impurity,
amounts of each elements by mass % in the chemical composition satisfy both of expression 1 and expression 2,
a number density of carbonitrides including Ti which exists independently and has a long side of 5 μm or more is limited to 5 pieces/mm 2 or less,
0.3000≤{Ca/40.88+(REM/140)/2}/(S/32.07):  expression 1, and

Ca≤0.0058−0.0050×C:  expression 2,

a number density of A-type inclusions, which is defined as inclusions of which an aspect ratio is 3.0 or more, is 6 pieces/mm 2 or less,
a total number density of B-type inclusions, which are defined as inclusions which form inclusion groups in which three or more of the inclusions form a line along the working direction, in which clearance between the inclusions is 50 μm or less, and in which the aspect ratio of the inclusions are less than 3.0, and C-type inclusions, which are defined as inclusions of which an aspect ratio is 3.0 or less, and which disperse in a random manner, is 6 pieces/mm 2 or less, and
a number density of coarse inclusions, which is defined as inclusions which are B-type or C-type and of which maximum length are 20 μm or more, is 6 pieces/mm 2 or less.

2. The steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein
the chemical composition further comprises one or more of, by mass %:
Cu: 0.01% to 0.05%;
Nb: 0.01% to 0.05%;
V: 0.01% to 0.05%;
Mo: 0.01% to 0.05%;
Ni: 0.01% to 0.05%;
Cr: 0.01% to 0.50%; and
B: 0.0010% to 0.0050%.

3. The steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein
the steel sheet further includes
a composite inclusion which includes Al, Ca, O, S, and REM, and
an inclusion in which the carbonitride including Ti is adhered on the composite inclusion.

4. The steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein
the amounts of the each elements by mass % in the chemical composition satisfy expression 3,
18×(REM/140)−O/16≥0:  expression 3.

5. The steel sheet according to claim 3 , wherein
the amounts of the each elements by mass % in the chemical composition satisfy expression 4,
18×(REM/140)−O/16≥0:  expression 4.

6. The steel sheet according to claim 2 , wherein
the steel sheet further includes
a composite inclusion which includes Al, Ca, O, S, and REM, and
an inclusion in which the carbonitride including Ti is adhered on the composite inclusion.

7. The steel sheet according to claim 2 , wherein
the amounts of the each elements by mass % in the chemical composition satisfy expression 3,
18×(REM/140)−O/16≥0:  expression 3.

8. The steel sheet according to claim 6 , wherein
the amounts of the each elements by mass % in the chemical composition satisfy expression 4,
18×(REM/140)−O/16≥0:  expression 4.

9. The steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein
C: more than 0.25% and 0.47% or less.

10. The steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein
C: more than 0.25% and 0.44% or less.

11. The steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein
the steel sheet is obtained by a manufacturing method comprising:
manufacturing a molten steel by converter refining and second refining a blast furnace molten iron;
continuously-casting the molten steel so as to be a slab; and
hot rolling the slab;
during the second refining in a ladle after a decarburization treatment in a converter, the composition of the molten steel is controlled while controlling inclusions by adding Ca and REM,
wherein Ca and REM are added after controlling the composition of other elements and floating Al 2 O 3 caused by Al deoxidization from the molten steel, and wherein
Ca is added after adding REM.

12. The steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein
the steel sheet has 1200 MPa or more of tensile strength,
the steel sheet has 6 J/cm 2 or more of charpy impact value at room temperature, and
the steel sheet has 80% or more of hole expansion value λ, in which the hole expansion value λ is evaluated by making a punched hole having a diameter of 10 mm at a center of the steel sheet of 150 mm×150 mm having a thickness of 5 mm, stretching the punched hole to expand by 60° of circular conic punch, measuring a hole diameter D (mm) when a cracking penetrating the steel thickness occurs in the steel sheet by the stretching and expanding, and calculating the hole expansion value λ by an expression λ=(D−10)/10×100.

Assignees

• Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp

Inventors

• Morohoshi Takashi
• Aramaki Takashi
• Zeze Masafumi

Classifications

• C22C38/001

  containing N · CPC title

• C22C38/12

  containing tungsten, tantalum, molybdenum, vanadium, or niobium · CPC title

• C22C38/00

  Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys (cast-iron alloys C22C37/00) · CPC title

• C21D2211/004

  Dispersions; Precipitations · CPC title

• C22C38/06

  containing aluminium · CPC title