High-strength steel sheet and production method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11401595-B2
Application number	US-201716326784-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 29, 2017
Priority date	Aug 31, 2016
Publication date	Aug 2, 2022
Grant date	Aug 2, 2022

Abstract

A high-strength steel sheet having a TS of 780 MPa or more, excellent stretch flangeability, and excellent in-plane anisotropy of TS is provided. A high-strength steel sheet comprises: a predetermined chemical composition; a steel microstructure including, in area fraction, ferrite: 20% or more and 50% or less, lower bainite: 5% or more and 40% or less, martensite: 1% or more and 20% or less, and tempered martensite: 20% or less, and including, in volume fraction, retained austenite: 5% or more, the retained austenite having an average grain size of 2 μm or less; and a texture having an inverse intensity ratio of γ-fiber to α-fiber of 3.0 or less.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A high-strength steel sheet comprising:
a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %,
C: 0.08% or more and 0.35% or less,
Si: 0.50% or more and 2.50% or less,
Mn: 1.50% or more and 3.00% or less,
P: 0.001% or more and 0.100% or less,
S: 0.0001% or more and 0.0200% or less, and
N: 0.0005% or more and 0.0100% or less, and
optionally at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al: 0.01% or more and 1.00% or less, Ti: 0.005% or more and 0.100% or less, Nb: 0.005% or more and 0.100% or less, V: 0.005% or more and 0.100% or less, B: 0.0001% or more and 0.0050% or less, Cr: 0.05% or more and 1.00% or less, Cu: 0.05% or more and 1.00% or less, Sb: 0.0020% or more and 0.2000% or less, Sn: 0.0020% or more and 0.2000% or less, Ta: 0.0010% or more and 0.1000% or less, Ca: 0.0003% or more and 0.0050% or less, Mg: 0.0003% or more and 0.0050% or less, and REM: 0.0003% or more and 0.0050% or less, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities;

a steel microstructure consisting of ferrite, lower bainite, martensite, tempered martensite, retained austenite, and residual microstructure, wherein, in area fraction,
ferrite is 20% or more and 50% or less,
lower bainite is 5% or more and 40% or less,
martensite is 1% or more and 20% or less,
tempered martensite is 20% or less, and
residual microstructure is 5% or less, and

in volume fraction,
retained austenite is 5% or more, the retained austenite having an average grain size of 2 μm or less; and

a texture having an inverse intensity ratio of γ-fiber to α-fiber of 3.0 or less.

2. The high-strength steel sheet according to claim 1 ,
wherein the chemical composition consists of C, Si, Mn, P, S, N, optionally at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Nb, V, B, Cr, Cu, Sb, Sn, Ta, Ca, Mg, and REM, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities.

3. A high-strength galvanized steel sheet comprising:
the high-strength steel sheet according to claim 1 ; and
a galvanized layer on a surface of the high-strength steel sheet.

4. A high-strength galvanized steel sheet comprising:
the high-strength steel sheet according to claim 2 ; and
a galvanized layer on a surface of the high-strength steel sheet.

5. A production method for the high-strength steel sheet according to claim 1 , the production method comprising:
heating a steel slab having the chemical composition according to claims 1 to 1100° C. or more and 1300° C. or less;
hot rolling the steel slab at a finisher delivery temperature of 800° C. or more and 1000° C. or less, to obtain a hot-rolled sheet;
coiling the hot-rolled sheet at a coiling temperature of 300° C. or more and 700° C. or less;
subjecting the hot-rolled sheet to pickling treatment;
thereafter optionally holding the hot-rolled sheet in a temperature range of 450° C. or more and 800° C. or less for a time of 900 s or more and 36000 s or less;
thereafter cold rolling the hot-rolled sheet with a rolling reduction of 30% or more, to obtain a cold-rolled sheet;
thereafter subjecting the obtained cold-rolled sheet to first annealing treatment of T 1 temperature or more and 950° C. or less;
thereafter cooling the cold-rolled sheet at an average cooling rate of 5° C./s or more at least to T 2 temperature;
thereafter cooling the cold-rolled sheet to room temperature;
thereafter reheating the cold-rolled sheet to a temperature range of 740° C. or more and the T 1 temperature or less to perform second annealing treatment;
thereafter cooling the cold-rolled sheet to a cooling end temperature at an average cooling rate of 8° C./s or more at least to the T 2 temperature, the cooling end temperature being (T 3 temperature−150° C.) or more and the T 3 temperature or less;
thereafter reheating the cold-rolled sheet to a reheating temperature range that is (the cooling end temperature+5° C.) or more and (the T 2 temperature−10° C.) or less; and
holding the cold-rolled sheet in the reheating temperature range for a time of 10 s or more,
wherein the T 1 temperature in ° C.=946−203×[% C] 1/2 +45×[% Si]−30×[% Mn]+150×[% Al]−20×[% Cu]+11×[% Cr]+400×[% Ti],
the T 2 temperature in ° C.=740−490×[% C]−100×[% Mn]−70×[% Cr], and
the T 3 temperature in ° C.=445−566×[% C]−150×[% C]×[% Mn]+15×[% Cr]−67.6×[% C]×[% Cr]−7.5×[% Si],
where [% X] denotes a content of an element X in the steel sheet in mass %, and is 0 for any element not contained in the steel sheet.

6. A production method for the high-strength steel sheet according to claim 2 , the production method comprising:
heating a steel slab having the chemical composition according to claims 2 to 1100° C. or more and 1300° C. or less;
hot rolling the steel slab at a finisher delivery temperature of 800° C. or more and 1000° C. or less, to obtain a hot-rolled sheet;
coiling the hot-rolled sheet at a coiling temperature of 300° C. or more and 700° C. or less;
subjecting the hot-rolled sheet to pickling treatment;
thereafter optionally holding the hot-rolled sheet in a temperature range of 450° C. or more and 800° C. or less for a time of 900 s or more and 36000 s or less;
thereafter cold rolling the hot-rolled sheet with a rolling reduction of 30% or more, to obtain a cold-rolled sheet;
thereafter subjecting the obtained cold-rolled sheet to first annealing treatment of T 1 temperature or more and 950° C. or less;
thereafter cooling the cold-rolled sheet at an average cooling rate of 5° C./s or more at least to T 2 temperature;
thereafter cooling the cold-rolled sheet to room temperature;
thereafter reheating the cold-rolled sheet to a temperature range of 740° C. or more and the T 1 temperature or less to perform second annealing treatment;
thereafter cooling the cold-rolled sheet to a cooling end temperature at an average cooling rate of 8° C./s or more at least to the T 2 temperature, the cooling end temperature being (T 3 temperature−150° C.) or more and the T 3 temperature or less;
thereafter reheating the cold-rolled sheet to a reheating temperature range that is (the cooling end temperature+5° C.) or more and (the T 2 temperature−10° C.) or less; and
holding the cold-rolled sheet in the reheating temperature range for a time of 10 s or more,
wherein the T 1 temperature in ° C.=946−203×[% C] 1/2 +45×[% Si]−30×[% Mn]+150×[% Al]−20×[% Cu]+11×[% Cr]+400×[% Ti],
the T 2 temperature in ° C.=740−490×[% C]−100×[% Mn]−70×[% Cr], and
the T 3 temperature in ° C.=445−566×[% C]−150×[% C]×[% Mn]+15×[% Cr]−67.6×[% C]×[% Cr]−7.5×[% Si],
where [% X] denotes a content of an element X in the steel sheet in mass %, and is 0 for any element not contained in the steel sheet.

Assignees

• Jfe Steel Corp

Inventors

• Minami Hidekazu
• Kaneko Shinjiro
• Sugihara Reiko
• Tahara Kazunori
• Mori Kazuma

Classifications

• C21D8/02

  during manufacturing of plates or strips (C21D8/12 takes precedence) · CPC title

• C21D1/25

  Hardening, combined with annealing between 300 degrees Celsius and 600 degrees Celsius, i.e. heat refining ("Vergüten") · CPC title

• C22C38/38

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

• C21D1/185

  from an intercritical temperature · CPC title

• C21D1/20

  Isothermal quenching, e.g. bainitic hardening · CPC title