Coated steel sheet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10844463-B2
Application number	US-201816493956-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 16, 2018
Priority date	Mar 17, 2017
Publication date	Nov 24, 2020
Grant date	Nov 24, 2020

Abstract

A coated steel sheet including a steel sheet and a coating layer provided on at least part of the surface of the steel sheet, in which the coating layer has a predetermined chemical composition in terms of % by mass; in which the coating layer has a laminar Mg2Sn phase-containing structure in an area fraction of from 5 to 65%, and a structure containing a solid solution of Zn and Al; and the laminar Mg2Sn phase-containing structure is a structure constituted with a Zn phase and a laminar Mg2Sn phase having a thickness of less than 1 μm, and in which the laminar Mg2Sn phase exists dividing the Zn phase into plural regions.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A coated steel sheet comprising a steel sheet and a coating layer provided on at least a part of a surface of the steel sheet, wherein:
the coating layer has a chemical composition comprising in terms of % by mass:
Al: from 15% to 60%,
Mg: from 0.5% to 8.0%,
Sn: from 0.5% to 20.0%,
Si: from 0.05% to 1.50%,
Bi: from 0% to 5.0%,
In: from 0% to 2.0%,
Ca: from 0% to 3.0%,
Y: from 0% to 0.5%,
La: from 0% to 0.5%,
Ce: from 0% to 0.5%,
Cr: from 0% to 0.25%,
Ti: from 0% to 0.25%,
Ni: from 0% to 0.25%,
Co: from 0% to 0.25%,
V: from 0% to 0.25%,
Nb: from 0% to 0.25%,
Cu: from 0% to 0.25%,
Mn: from 0% to 0.25%,
Sr: from 0% to 0.5%,
Sb: from 0% to 0.5%,
Pb: from 0% to 0.5%,
B: from 0% to 0.5%, and
a balance comprising Zn and impurities, wherein:
the coating layer has a laminar Mg 2 Sn phase-containing structure in an area fraction of from 5 to 65% measured in cross section thereof, and a structure containing a solid solution of Zn and Al, and
the laminar Mg 2 Sn phase-containing structure is a structure constituted with a Zn phase and a laminar Mg 2 Sn phase having a thickness of less than 1 μm, and wherein the laminar Mg 2 Sn phase exists dividing the Zn phase into a plurality of regions.

2. The coated steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein a content of Mg is from 0.5% to 3.0%, and a content of Sn is from 1.0% to 7.5% in terms of % by mass.

3. The coated steel sheet according to claim 2 , wherein a content of Al is from 20% to 60%, a content of Mg is from 1.0% to 2.0%, a content of Sn is from 1.0% to 5.0%, and a content of Si is from 0.05% to 1.0% in terms of % by mass.

4. The coated steel sheet according to claim 2 , wherein a content of Sn and a content of Mg satisfy the following Formula (1):
Mg≤Sn≤2.5×Mg  Formula (1)

wherein, in Formula (1), each atomic symbol indicates a content of the element in terms of % by mass.

5. The coated steel sheet according to claim 2 , wherein the area fraction of the laminar Mg 2 Sn phase-containing structure is from 20% to 60% measured in cross section thereof.

6. The coated steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein a content of Al is from 20% to 60%, a content of Mg is from 1.0% to 2.0%, a content of Sn is from 1.0% to 5.0%, and a content of Si is from 0.05% to 1.0% in terms of % by mass.

7. The coated steel sheet according to claim 6 , wherein a content of Sn and a content of Mg satisfy the following Formula (1):
Mg≤Sn≤2.5×Mg  Formula (1)

wherein, in Formula (1), each atomic symbol indicates a content of the element in terms of % by mass.

8. The coated steel sheet according to claim 6 , wherein the area fraction of the laminar Mg 2 Sn phase-containing structure is from 20% to 60% measured in cross section thereof.

9. The coated steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein a content of Sn and a content of Mg satisfy the following Formula (1):
Mg≤Sn≤2.5×Mg  Formula (1)

wherein, in Formula (1), each atomic symbol indicates a content of the element in terms of % by mass.

10. The coated steel sheet according to claim 9 , wherein the area fraction of the laminar Mg 2 Sn phase-containing structure is from 20% to 60% measured in cross section thereof.

11. The coated steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the area fraction of the laminar Mg 2 Sn phase-containing structure is from 20% to 60% measured in cross section thereof.

12. The coated steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the area fraction of the laminar Mg 2 Sn phase-containing structure is from 30% to 60% measured in cross section thereof.

13. The coated steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein an area fraction of the structure containing a solid solution of Zn and Al is from 35% to 95% measured in cross section thereof.

14. The coated steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the coating layer has a massive MgZn 2 phase with an equivalent circle diameter of 1 μm or more in an area fraction of more than 0% and less than or equal to 20% measured in cross section thereof.

15. The coated steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the coating layer has a massive MgZn 2 phase with an equivalent circle diameter of 1 μm or more in an area fraction of more than 0% and less than or equal to 5% measured in cross section thereof.

16. The coated steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the coating layer has a massive Zn phase with an equivalent circle diameter of 2 μm or more in an area fraction of more than 0% and less than or equal to 20% measured in cross section thereof.

17. The coated steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the coating layer has a massive Zn phase with an equivalent circle diameter of 2 μm or more in an area fraction of more than 0% and less than or equal to 10% measured in cross section thereof.

18. The coated steel sheet according to claim 1 , further comprising an interfacial alloy layer with a thickness of from 100 nm to 1.5 μm consisting of an Al—Fe intermetallic compound between the steel sheet and the coating layer.

Assignees

• Nippon Steel Corp

Inventors

• Mitsunobu Takuya

Classifications

• C23C2/40 Primary

  Plates; Strips · CPC title

• C23C2/12

  Aluminium or alloys based thereon · CPC title

• C23C2/06 Primary

  Zinc or cadmium or alloys based thereon · CPC title

• C22C21/10

  with zinc as the next major constituent · CPC title

• C22C18/04 Primary

  with aluminium as the next major constituent · CPC title