Plated steel sheet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10655203-B2
Application number	US-201615753150-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 25, 2016
Priority date	Oct 26, 2015
Publication date	May 19, 2020
Grant date	May 19, 2020

Abstract

An average chemical composition of a plating layer (10) and an intermetallic compound layer (30) is represented by, in terms of mass %, Al: 10% to 40%, Si: 0.05% to 4%, Mg: 0% to 5%, and the balance: Zn and impurities. The plating layer (10) includes a first structure (11) constituted from Al phases containing Zn in solid solution and Zn phases dispersed in the Al phases and having an average chemical composition represented by, in terms of mass %, Al: 25% to 50%, Zn: 50% to 75%, and impurities: less than 2%, and a eutectoid structure (14) constituted from Al phases and Zn phases and having an average chemical composition represented by, in terms of mass %, Al: 10% to 24%, Zn: 76% to 90%, and impurities: less than 2%. In a cross section of the plating layer (10), an area fraction of the first structure (11) is 5% to 40% and a total area fraction of the first structure (11) and the eutectoid structure (14) is 50% or more, an area fraction of Zn phases (15) which are structures containing 90% or more of Zn, contained in the plating layer (10) is 25% or less, a total area fraction of intermetallic compound phases contained in the plating layer (10) is 9% or less, and a thickness of the intermetallic compound layer (30) is 2 μm or less.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A plated steel sheet, comprising
an Al-containing Zn-based plating layer on at least a part of a surface of a steel sheet, wherein:
an average chemical composition of the plating layer and an intermetallic compound layer between the plating layer and the steel sheet is represented by, in terms of mass %, Al: 10% to 40%, Si: 0.05% to 4%, Mg: 0% to 5%, and the balance: Zn and impurities;
the plating layer includes:
a first structure constituted from Al phases containing Zn in solid solution and Zn phases dispersed in the Al phases and having an average chemical composition represented by, in terms of mass %, Al: 25% to 50%, Zn: 50% to 75%, and impurities: less than 2%; and
a eutectoid structure constituted from Al phases and Zn phases and having an average chemical composition represented by, in terms of mass %, Al: 10% to 24%, Zn: 76% to 90%, and impurities: less than 2%;
in a cross section of the plating layer, an area fraction of the first structure is 5% to 40%, and a total area fraction of the first structure and the eutectoid structure is 50% or more;
an area fraction of Zn phases which are structures containing 90% or more of Zn, contained in the plating layer is 25% or less;
a total area fraction of intermetallic compound phases contained in the plating layer is 9% or less; and
a thickness of the intermetallic compound layer is 2 μm or less.

2. The plated steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein
a number density of the first structure on a surface of the plating layer is 1.6 pieces/cm 2 to 25.0 pieces/cm 2 .

3. The plated steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein
the first structure includes:
a second structure having an average chemical composition represented by, in terms of mass %, Al: 37% to 50%, Zn: 50% to 63%, and impurities: less than 2%; and
a third structure having an average chemical composition represented by, in terms of mass %, Al: 25% to 36%, Zn: 64% to 75%, and impurities: less than 2%.

4. The plated steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein
the average chemical composition of the plating layer and the intermetallic compound layer is represented by, in terms of mass %, Al: 20% to 40%, Si: 0.05% to 2.5%, Mg: 0% to 2%, and the balance: Zn and impurities.

5. The plated steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein
the thickness of the intermetallic compound layer is 100 nm to 1000 nm.

6. The plated steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein
in the cross section of the plating layer, the area fraction of the first structure is 20% to 40%, the area fraction of the eutectoid structure is 50% to 70%, and the total area fraction of the first structure and the eutectoid structure is 90% or more.

7. The plated steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein
in the cross section of the plating layer, the area fraction of the first structure is 30% to 40%, the area fraction of the eutectoid structure is 55% to 65%, and the total area fraction of the first structure and the eutectoid structure is 95% or more.

8. The plated steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein:
in the average chemical composition of the plating layer and the intermetallic compound layer, the Mg concentration is 0.05% to 5%;
when the Mg concentration is set to Mg % and the Si concentration is set to Si %, a relationship of “Mg %≤2×Si %” is satisfied; and
a crystal of Mg 2 Si which exists in the plating layer is 2 μm or less in terms of maximum equivalent circle diameter.

9. The plated steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein
a volume fraction of the Zn phases contained in the plating layer is 20% or less.

Assignees

• Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp
• Nippon Steel Corp

Inventors

• Mitsunobu Takuya

Classifications

• C23C2/40

  Plates; Strips · CPC title

• C23C2/06 Primary

  Zinc or cadmium or alloys based thereon · CPC title

• C22C18/04

  with aluminium as the next major constituent · CPC title

• C23C2/52

  with means for measuring or sensing · CPC title