Hot dipped high manganese steel and manufacturing method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11377712-B2
Application number	US-201816616109-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 20, 2018
Priority date	May 26, 2017
Publication date	Jul 5, 2022
Grant date	Jul 5, 2022

Abstract

A hot dipped high manganese steel and a manufacturing method therefor. The high manganese steel comprises a steel base plate and a coating on the surface of the steel base plate. The core of the steel base plate is austenite. The surface layer of the steel base plate is a ferrite fine grain layer. The ferrite fine grain layer comprises an oxide of Al. Furthermore, the steel base plate of the hot dipped high manganese steel comprises, in mass percentages, 10 to 30% of Mn element, 1 to 2% of Al element, and 0.4 to 0.8% of C element. The manufacturing method comprises: 1) manufacturing strip steel; 2) primary annealing and acid washing; 3) secondary annealing and hot dipping.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A hot dipped high manganese steel, comprising a steel substrate and a coating on a surface of the steel substrate, wherein the steel substrate has a core structure of austenite; the steel substrate has a skin layer which is a fine ferrite grain layer; the fine ferrite grain layer comprises an Al oxide, wherein the steel substrate comprises 10 to 30% Mn, 1 to 2% Al and 0.4 to 0.8% C by mass, and a balance Fe and unavoidable impurities.

2. The hot dipped high manganese steel according to claim 1 , wherein the fine ferrite grain layer has a thickness of 0.2-5 μm.

3. The hot dipped high manganese steel according to claim 1 , wherein the fine ferrite grain layer has a grain size of ≤5 μm.

4. The hot dipped high manganese steel according to claim 1 , wherein the fine ferrite grain layer has a grain size smaller than a grain size of the austenite in the steel substrate.

5. The hot dipped high manganese steel according to claim 1 , wherein the fine ferrite grain layer has a Mn content lower than the Mn content in the steel substrate.

6. The hot dipped high manganese steel according to claim 1 , wherein the fine ferrite grain layer has a Mn content of ≤5%.

7. The hot dipped high manganese steel according to claim 1 , wherein the fine ferrite grain layer has a Mn content of ≤2%.

8. The hot dipped high manganese steel according to claim 1 , wherein the fine ferrite grain layer has an Al content higher than the Al content in the steel substrate.

9. The hot dipped high manganese steel according to claim 1 , wherein the fine ferrite grain layer has an Al content of >1%.

10. The hot dipped high manganese steel according to claim 1 , wherein the fine ferrite grain layer has an Al content of <5%.

11. The hot dipped high manganese steel according to claim 1 , wherein the fine ferrite grain layer has a C content lower than the C content in the steel substrate.

12. The hot dipped high manganese steel according to claim 1 , wherein the fine ferrite grain layer has a C content of 0.2%.

13. The hot dipped high manganese steel according to claim 1 , wherein the coating has a thickness of 5-200 μm.

14. The hot dipped high manganese steel according to claim 1 , wherein the hot dipped high manganese steel has a yield strength of 450-650 MPa, a tensile strength of 950-1100 MPa, and an elongation at break of at least 50%.

15. A method for manufacturing the hot dipped high manganese steel of claim 1 , comprising the following steps:
1) Manufacturing a strip steel;
2) Primary annealing and pickling
wherein the strip steel is heated on a continuous annealing production line to a soaking temperature of 600 to 750° C. for a soaking time of 30 to 600 s, wherein a mixed gas of N 2 and H 2 is used as an annealing atmosphere which has a H 2 content of 0.5-10% by volume and a dew point of −20 to +20° C.; subsequently, the strip steel is cooled to below 100° C. after the annealing, and pickled with an acid solution having a hydrogen ion concentration of 0.1-5%, wherein the acid solution has a temperature of 50-70° C., and a pickling time is 1 to 10 s; then, the strip steel is rinsed, dried and coiled;
3) Secondary annealing and hot dipping
wherein the strip steel obtained in step (2) is subjected to secondary annealing and accomplishes hot dipping on a hot dipping production line, wherein the secondary annealing is performed at a soaking temperature of 600-850° C. for a soaking time of 60-360 s in an annealing atmosphere of a mixed gas of N 2 and H 2 , wherein the annealing atmosphere has a H 2 content of 2-10% by volume, and a dew point of −60 to +10° C.; subsequently, the strip steel is cooled to 380 to 500° C., and then immersed in a plating bath to perform the hot dipping.

16. The method for manufacturing the hot dipped high manganese steel according to claim 15 , wherein the soaking temperature in step (2) is 600-700° C.

17. The method for manufacturing the hot dipped high manganese steel according to claim 15 , wherein the soaking time in step (2) is 30-180 s.

18. The method for manufacturing the hot dipped high manganese steel according to claim 15 , wherein the annealing atmosphere in step (2) has a dew point of −10 to +10° C.

19. The method for manufacturing the hot dipped high manganese steel according to claim 15 , wherein the plating bath in step (3) comprises, in mass percentage, 0.1≤Al≤6%, 0<Mg≤5%) and a balance of Zn and unavoidable impurities.

20. The method for manufacturing the hot dipped high manganese steel according to claim 15 , wherein the annealing atmosphere in step (3) has a dew point of −60 to −20° C.

21. The method for manufacturing the hot dipped high manganese steel according to claim 15 , wherein the plating bath in step (3) has a temperature of 420 to 480° C.

Assignees

• Baoshan Iron & Steel

Inventors

• Jin Xinyan
• Zhong Yong
• Hu Guangkui

Classifications

• C22C38/04 Primary

  containing manganese · CPC title

• C22C38/06

  containing aluminium · CPC title

• C21D1/26

  Methods of annealing · CPC title

• C21D1/74

  Methods of treatment in inert gas, controlled atmosphere, vacuum or pulverulent material · CPC title

• C22C38/02

  containing silicon · CPC title