Hot-dip galvanized steel sheet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10507629-B2
Application number	US-201515522409-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 5, 2015
Priority date	Nov 5, 2014
Publication date	Dec 17, 2019
Grant date	Dec 17, 2019

Abstract

A hot-dip galvanized steel sheet wherein the hot-dip galvanized steel sheet comprises a base steel sheet and a hot-dip galvanized layer, a ferrite phase is, by volume fraction, 40% or more and 97% or less in a range of ⅛ thickness to ⅜ thickness centered at a position of ¼ thickness from the surface of the base steel sheet, a hard structure is 3% or more in total, wherein the hot-dip galvanized steel sheet has the hot-dip galvanized layer in which Fe is 5.0% or less and Al is 1.0% or less, and columnar grains formed of a ζ phase is 20% or more in an entire interface between the plated layer and the base steel sheet on the surface of the base steel sheet in which a ratio of a volume fraction of the hard structure in a surface layer range of 20 μm depth in a steel sheet direction from an interface between the hot-dip galvanized layer and the base steel sheet is 0.10 times or more to 0.90 times or less of a volume fraction of the hard structure in the range of ⅛ thickness to ⅜ thickness, and wherein the hot-dip galvanized steel sheet has a refined layer at the side of the interface in the base steel sheet, and wherein an average thickness of the refined layer, an average grain size of ferrite in the refined layer and a maximum size of the oxide included in the refined layer are defined respectively.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A hot-dip galvanized steel sheet comprising:
a base steel sheet; and
a hot-dip galvanized layer formed on at least one surface of the base steel sheet, wherein:
the base steel sheet includes,
a chemical composition comprising, % by mass,
C: 0.040% to 0.280%,
Si: 0.05% to 2.00%,
Mn: 0.50% to 3.50%,
P: 0.0001% to 0.1000%,
S: 0.0001% to 0.0100%,
Al: 0.001% to 1.500%,
N: 0.0001% to 0.0100%,
O: 0.0001% to 0.0100%, and
a remainder of Fe and impurities;
in a range of ⅛ thickness to ⅜ thickness centered at a position of ¼ thickness from the surface of the base steel sheet, by volume fraction,
40% or more and 97% or less of a ferrite phase,
a total of 3% by volume fraction or more of a hard structure comprising one or more of a bainite phase, a bainitic ferrite phase, a fresh martensite phase and a tempered martensite phase,
a residual austenite phase is 0 to 8% by volume fraction,
a total of a pearlite phase and a coarse cementite phase is 0 to 8% by volume fraction,
in a surface layer range of 20 μm depth in a steel sheet direction from an interface between the hot-dip galvanized layer and the base steel sheet, a volume fraction of a residual austenite is 0 to 3%,
the base steel sheet includes a microstructure in which V1/V2 which is a ratio of a volume fraction V1 of the hard structure in the surface layer range and a volume fraction V2 of the hard structure in the range of ⅛ thickness to ⅜ thickness centered at the position of ¼ thickness from the surface of the base steel sheet is 0.10 or more and 0.90 or less,
a Fe content is more than 0% by mass to 5.0% by mass or less and an Al content is more than 0% by mass to 1.0% by mass or less in the hot-dip galvanized layer, and columnar grains formed of a ζ phase are included in the hot-dip galvanized layer,
a ratio ((A*/A)×100) of an interface (A*) between the ζ phase and the base steel sheet in an entire interface (A) between the hot-dip galvanized plated layer and the base steel sheet is 20% or more,

a refined layer is formed at the side of the interface in the base steel sheet, an average thickness of the refined layer is 0.1 to 5.0 μm, an average grain size of ferrite in the refined layer is 0.1 to 3.0 μm, one or two or more of oxides of Si and Mn are contained, and a maximum size of the oxide is 0.01 to 0.4 μm.

2. The hot-dip galvanized steel sheet according to claim 1 ,
wherein the base steel sheet further contains, % by mass, one or two or more selected from
Ti: 0.001% to 0.150%,
Nb: 0.001% to 0.100%, and
V: 0.001% to 0.300%.

3. The hot-dip galvanized steel sheet according to claim 1 ,
wherein the base steel sheet contains, % by mass, one or two or more selected from
Cr: 0.01% to 2.00%,
Ni: 0.01% to 2.00%,
Cu: 0.01% to 2.00%,
Mo: 0.01% to 2.00%,
B: 0.0001% to 0.0100%, and
W: 0.01% to 2.00%.

4. The hot-dip galvanized steel sheet according to claim 2 ,
wherein the base steel sheet contains, % by mass, one or two or more selected from
Cr: 0.01% to 2.00%,
Ni: 0.01% to 2.00%,
Cu: 0.01% to 2.00%,
Mo: 0.01% to 2.00%,
B: 0.0001% to 0.0100%, and
W: 0.01% to 2.00%.

5. The hot-dip galvanized steel sheet according to claim 1 ,
wherein the base steel sheet contains, % by mass, one or two or more selected from Ca, Ce, Mg, Zr, La, and REM in a total amount of 0.0001% to 0.0100%.

6. The hot-dip galvanized steel sheet according to claim 2 ,
wherein the base steel sheet contains, % by mass, one or two or more selected from Ca, Ce, Mg, Zr, La, and REM in a total amount of 0.0001% to 0.0100%.

7. The hot-dip galvanized steel sheet according to claim 3 ,
wherein the base steel sheet contains, % by mass, one or two or more selected from Ca, Ce, Mg, Zr, La, and REM in a total amount of 0.0001% to 0.0100%.

8. The hot-dip galvanized steel sheet according to claim 4 ,
wherein the base steel sheet contains, % by mass, one or two or more selected from Ca, Ce, Mg, Zr, La, and REM in a total amount of 0.0001% to 0.0100%.

9. The hot-dip galvanized steel sheet according to claim 1 ,
wherein a ratio ((A**/A*)×100) of an interface (A**) formed between ζ grains in which coarse oxides are present and the base steel sheet in an interface (A*) between the ζ phase and the base steel sheet in the hot-dip galvanized layer is 50% or less.

10. The hot-dip galvanized steel sheet according to claim 2 ,
wherein a ratio ((A**/A*)×100) of an interface (A**) formed between ζ grains in which coarse oxides are present and the base steel sheet in an interface (A*) between the ζ phase and the base steel sheet in the hot-dip galvanized layer is 50% or less.

11. The hot-dip galvanized steel sheet according to claim 3 ,
wherein a ratio ((A**/A*)×100) of an interface (A**) formed between ζ grains in which coarse oxides are present and the base steel sheet in an interface (A*) between the ζ phase and the base steel sheet in the hot-dip galvanized layer is 50% or less.

12. The hot-dip galvanized steel sheet according to claim 4 ,
wherein a ratio ((A**/A*)×100) of an interface (A**) formed between ζ grains in which coarse oxides are present and the base steel sheet in an interface (A*) between the ζ phase and the base steel sheet in the hot-dip galvanized layer is 50% or less.

13. The hot-dip galvanized steel sheet according to claim 5 ,
wherein a ratio ((A**/A*)×100) of an interface (A**) formed between ζ grains in which coarse oxides are present and the base steel sheet in an interface (A*) between the ζ phase and the base steel sheet in the hot-dip galvanized layer is 50% or less.

14. The hot-dip galvanized steel sheet according to claim 6 ,
wherein a ratio ((A**/A*)×100) of an interface (A**) formed between ζ grains in which coarse oxides are present and the base steel sheet in an interface (A*) between the ζ phase and the base steel sheet in the hot-dip galvanized layer is 50% or less.

15. The hot-dip galvanized steel sheet according to claim 7 ,
wherein a ratio ((A**/A*)×100) of an interface (A**) formed between ζ grains in which coarse oxides are present and the base steel sheet in an interface (A*) between the ζ phase and the base steel sheet in the hot-dip galvanized layer is 50% or less.

16. The hot-dip galvanized steel sheet according to claim 8 ,
wherein a ratio ((A**/A*)×100) of an interface (A**) formed between ζ grains in which coarse oxides are present and the base steel sheet in an interface (A*) between the ζ phase and the base steel sheet in the hot-dip galvanized layer is 50% or less.

17. The hot-dip galvanized steel sheet according to claim 1 ,
wherein a plated amount on one surface of the base steel sheet in the hot-dip galvanized layer is 10 g/m 2 or more and 100 g/m 2 or less.

18. The hot-dip galvanized steel sheet according to claim 2 ,
wherein a plated amount on one surface of the base steel sheet in the hot-dip galvanized layer is 10 g/m 2 or more and 100 g/m 2 or less.

19. The hot-dip galvanized steel sheet according to claim 3 ,
wherein a plated amount on one surface of the base steel sheet in the hot-dip galvanized layer is 10 g/m 2 or more and 100 g/m 2 or less.

20. The hot-dip galvanized steel sheet according to claim 4 ,
wherein a plated amount on one surface of the base steel sheet in the hot-dip galvanized layer is 10 g/m 2 or more and 100 g/m 2 or less.

Assignees

• Nippon Steel Corp

Inventors

• Kawata Hiroyuki
• Yasui Takeshi
• Ueda Kohei
• Maruyama Naoki
• Yamaguchi Yuji
• Uchida Satoshi
• KOMAMI Ryosuke
• Arai Hayato
• Nakashima Yasuhiro
• Nakamura Toyomitsu

Classifications

• C21D8/0257

  with diffusion of elements, e.g. decarburising, nitriding · CPC title

• C21D2211/001

  Austenite · CPC title

• C22C38/58

  with more than 1.5% by weight of manganese · CPC title

• C22C18/00

  Alloys based on zinc · CPC title

• C21D2211/009

  Pearlite · CPC title