Low-density hot dip galvanized steel and manufacturing method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11326243-B2
Application number	US-201716304957-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 14, 2017
Priority date	Jun 28, 2016
Publication date	May 10, 2022
Grant date	May 10, 2022

Abstract

Low-density hot dip galvanized steel, comprising a steel substrate (1) located at a core portion and a coating layer (3) located on the surface. An interface layer is disposed between the steel substrate (1) and the coating layer (3), the interface layer comprises an iron particle layer (4), iron particles dispersed on the steel substrate (1) and covering the steel substrate (1) are disposed in the iron particle layer (4), and the iron particles are covered by a first inhibition layer (5). The low-density hot dip galvanized steel contains element Al in a mass percentage of 3.0% to 7.0%. Correspondingly, the present invention also comprises a manufacturing method for the low-density hot dip galvanized steel. The low-density hot dip galvanized steel has a low density, a high strength and high galvanizability and coating layer adhesion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A low-density hot dip galvanized steel, comprising a steel substrate located at a core portion of the steel and a coating layer located on a surface of the steel substrate; wherein:
an interface layer is disposed between the steel substrate and the coating layer, the interface layer comprises an iron particle layer, iron particles dispersed on the steel substrate and covering the steel substrate are disposed in the iron particle layer, the iron particles are covered by a first inhibition layer;
the low-density hot dip galvanized steel contains element Al in a mass percentage of 3.0% to 7.0%;
a density of the low-density hot dip galvanized steel is less than 7500 kg/m 3 , wherein the surface of the low-density hot dip galvanized steel includes portion covered with the iron particles and portion not covered with the iron particles; and
the iron particles have a particle size of 0.1˜5 μm.

2. The low-density hot dip galvanized steel according to claim 1 , wherein, the steel substrate has an internal oxidized layer in a portion adjacent to the iron particle layer, the internal oxidized layer contains oxides of Al.

3. The low-density hot dip galvanized steel according to claim 2 , wherein, the internal oxidized layer further contains oxides of Mn.

4. The low-density hot dip galvanized steel according to claim 2 , wherein the internal oxidized layer has a thickness of 0.2˜10 μm.

5. The low-density hot dip galvanized steel according to claim 2 , wherein, oxides of the internal oxidized layer exist in grain boundary and inside the grain.

6. The low-density hot dip galvanized steel according to claim 1 , wherein, the interface layer has a thickness of 0.1˜5 μm.

7. The low-density hot dip galvanized steel according to claim 1 , wherein, the iron particles cover 30% or more of a surface area of the steel substrate.

8. The low-density hot dip galvanized steel according to claim 1 , wherein, the maximum space between adjacent iron particles is no more than 10 times the average particle size of the iron particles.

9. The low-density hot dip galvanized steel according to claim 1 , wherein, a portion not covered by iron particles on the surface of the steel substrate is covered by a second inhibition layer.

10. The low-density hot dip galvanized steel according to claim 9 , wherein, the thickness of the second inhibition layer is less than the thickness of the first inhibition layer.

11. The low-density hot dip galvanized steel according to claim 9 , wherein, the second inhibition layer contains elements Fe, Al, and Zn.

12. The low-density hot dip galvanized steel according to claim 1 , wherein, the first inhibition layer contains elements Fe, Al, and Zn.

13. The low-density hot dip galvanized steel according to claim 1 , wherein, microstructures of the steel substrate are ferrite and residual austenite.

14. The low-density hot dip galvanized steel according to claim 13 , wherein, a phase ratio of the residual austenite is 6˜30%.

15. The low-density hot dip galvanized steel according to claim 13 , wherein, a mass percentage of element C in the residual austenite is not less than 0.8%.

16. The low-density hot dip galvanized steel according to claim 1 , wherein, mass percentages of chemical elements of the steel substrate are: C: 0.25˜0.50%, Mn: 0.25˜4.0%, Al: 3.0˜7.0%, and the balance being Fe and other unavoidable impurities.

17. The low-density hot dip galvanized steel according to claim 16 , wherein, the low-density hot dip galvanized steel has an elongation of more than 25% and a tensile strength of more than 800 MPa.

18. The low-density hot dip galvanized steel according to claim 1 , wherein, the coating layer has a thickness of 5˜200 μm.

19. A method for manufacturing the low-density hot dip galvanized steel of claim 1 , comprising the steps of:
(1) manufacturing a strip steel;
(2) continuous annealing of the strip steel directly: heating to a soaking temperature of 750-950° C. and then holding 30-600 s, wherein dew point of annealing atmosphere is −15° C.˜20° C.;
(3) hot dipping.

20. The method for manufacturing a low-density hot dip galvanized steel according to claim 19 , wherein, in the step (1),
a casting slab is heated at 1000˜1250° C. with a holding time of 0.5˜3 h and a finishing rolling temperature of 800-900° C. to form a hot-rolled sheet, then the hot-rolled sheet is coiled at 500˜750° C. to form a hot-rolled coil, and the hot-rolled coil is uncoiled and then subjected to pickling and cold rolling, wherein cold rolling reduction is 30˜90%.

21. The method for manufacturing a low-density hot dip galvanized steel according to claim 19 , wherein, in the step (2), atmosphere of a heating section and a holding section is a mixed gas of N 2 and H 2 , wherein volume content of H 2 is 0.5˜20%.

22. The method for manufacturing a low-density hot dip galvanized steel according to claim 19 , wherein, in the step (3), the strip steel after continuous annealing is cooled to a temperature of strip steel entering into a molten zinc bath, wherein cooling rate is 1˜150° C./s, and the temperature of strip steel entering into a molten zinc bath is 0˜20° C. higher than a temperature of a zinc bath; the strip steel is then immersed in the zinc bath of the molten zinc bath for hot dipping; wherein, the temperature of the zinc bath is 30˜60° C. higher than the melting point of the components of the selected zinc bath.

23. The method for manufacturing a low-density hot dip galvanized steel according to claim 22 , wherein, in the step (3), the mass percentage of the components in the zinc bath is: 0.10≤Al≤6%, 0≤Mg≤5%, and the balance being Zn and other unavoidable impurities.

Assignees

• Baoshan Iron & Steel

Inventors

• Jin Xinyan
• Yang Qi
• Wang Li
• Hu Guangkui

Classifications

• C21D8/0278

  involving a particular surface treatment  (C21D8/0294 takes precedence) · CPC title

• C21D8/0273

  Final recrystallisation annealing · CPC title

• C21D8/0263

  following hot rolling · CPC title

• C21D8/0257

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

• C21D8/0236

  Cold rolling · CPC title