Multilayered zinc alloy plated steel material having excellent spot weldability and corrosion resistance

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11414743-B2
Application number	US-201816957513-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 13, 2018
Priority date	Dec 26, 2017
Publication date	Aug 16, 2022
Grant date	Aug 16, 2022

Abstract

Provided is a multilayered zinc alloy plated steel material comprising a base iron and multilayered plated layers formed on the base iron, wherein each of the multilayered plated layers is any one of a Zn-plated layer, a Mg-plated layer, and a Zn—Mg alloy-plated layer, and the ratio of the weight of Mg contained in the multilayered plated layers is 0.13-0.24 on the basis of the total weight of the multilayered plated layers.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A multilayered zinc alloy plated steel material, comprising:
a base iron and multilayered plated layers formed on the base iron,
wherein one or more of the multilayered plated layers includes a Zn—Mg alloy plated layer, and at least one of the Zn—Mg alloy plated layers includes Mg by greater than 18 weight % and equal to or lower than 35 weight %,
wherein each of the multilayered plated layers is formed of one or more of a Zn single phase, an Mg single phase, and a Zn—Mg alloy phase, and
wherein a ratio of a weight of Mg contained in the multilayered plated layers to a total weight of the multilayered plated layers is 0.13-0.24.

2. The multilayered zinc alloy plated steel material of claim 1 , wherein a ratio of a weight of Mg contained in the multilayered plated layers to a total weight of the multilayered plated layers is 0.157-0.20.

3. The multilayered zinc alloy plated steel material of claim 1 , wherein, when a Glow Discharge Spectroscopy (GDS) profile is measured at a central portion of each of the multilayered plated layers in a thickness direction, a deviation of a content of Mg is within ±5%.

4. The multilayered zinc alloy plated steel material of claim 1 , wherein an average grain size of grains forming the multilayered plated layers is 100 nm or less (excluding 0 nm).

5. The multilayered zinc alloy plated steel material of claim 1 , wherein a sum of coating amounts of the multilayered plated layers is 40 g/m 2 or less (excluding 0 g/m 2 ).

6. The multilayered zinc alloy plated steel material of claim 2 , wherein a sum of coating amounts of the multilayered plated layers is 10˜35 g/m 2 .

7. The multilayered zinc alloy plated steel material of claim 1 ,
wherein, when the zinc alloy plated steel material is spot-welded, the multilayered plated layers on a welded zone change to a single alloy layer, and
wherein the single alloy layer on the welded zone includes an MgZn 2 alloy phase of 90 area % or higher (including 100 area %).

8. The multilayered zinc alloy plated steel material of claim 1 , wherein, when spot-welding is performed according to SEP 1220-2 standard, an average length of type B crack is 0.1 times or less of a thickness of a base iron.

9. The multilayered zinc alloy plated steel material of claim 1 , wherein each of the multilayered plated layers is formed by generating deposited vapor by levitating and heating a coating material by electromagnetic force in a vacuum chamber and induction-effusing the deposited vapor on a surface of a base iron.

10. The multilayered zinc alloy plated steel material of claim 1 , wherein the base iron includes, by weight %, 0.10-1.0% of C, 0.5-3% of Si, 1.0-25% of Mn, 0.01-10% of Al, 0.1% or less of P (excluding 0%), 0.01% or less of S (excluding 0%), and a balance of Fe and other impurities.

11. The multilayered zinc alloy plated steel material of claim 10 ,
wherein contents of C, Si, Mn, P, and S included in the base iron satisfy relational formula 1 as below:
[C]+[Mn]/20+[Si]/30+2[P]+4[S]≥0.3  [Relational Formula 1]

where each of [C], [Mn], [Si], [P], and [S] refers to a content (weight %) of a respective element.

12. The multilayered zinc alloy plated steel material of claim 1 , wherein the base iron includes one or more of austenite and retained austenite as a microstructure.

13. The multilayered zinc alloy plated steel material of claim 1 ,
wherein the multilayered plated layers include first and second plated layers formed on the base iron in sequence,
wherein the first plated layer is formed of a Zn single phase or a Zn single phase and a Zn—Mg alloy phase, and
wherein the second plated layer is the Zn—Mg alloy plated layer.

14. The multilayered zinc alloy plated steel material of claim 1 ,
wherein the multilayered plated layers include first and second plated layers formed on the base iron in sequence,
wherein the first plated layer is the Zn—Mg alloy plated layer, and
wherein the second plated layer is formed of a Zn single phase or a Zn single phase and a Zn—Mg alloy phase, and a content of Mg in the second plated layer is 2 weight % or lower.

15. The multilayered zinc alloy plated steel material of claim 1 ,
wherein the multilayered plated layers include first to third plated layers formed on the base iron in sequence,
wherein the first plated layer is formed of a Zn single phase or a Zn single phase and a Zn—Mg alloy phase, and a content of Mg in the plated layer is 7 weight % or lower,
wherein the second plated layer is the Zn—Mg alloy plated layer, and
wherein the third plated layer is formed of a Zn single phase or a Zn single phase and a Zn—Mg alloy phase, and a content of Mg in the third plated layer is 2 weight % or lower.

16. A multilayered zinc alloy plated steel material, comprising:
a base iron and multilayered plated layers formed on the base iron,
wherein the multilayered plated layers include first and second plated layers formed on the base iron in sequence, the first plated layer is formed of a Zn single phase or a Zn single phase and a Zn—Mg alloy phase, and the second plated layer is a Zn—Mg alloy plated layer,
wherein the Zn—Mg alloy plated layer includes Mg by greater than 18 weight % and equal to or lower than 35 weight %, and
wherein a ratio of a weight of Mg contained in the multilayered plated layers to a total weight of the multilayered plated layers is 0.13-0.24.

17. The multilayered zinc alloy plated steel material of claim 16 , wherein a ratio of a weight of Mg contained in the multilayered plated layers to a total weight of the multilayered plated layers is 0.157-0.20.

18. A multilayered zinc alloy plated steel material, comprising:
a base iron and multilayered plated layers formed on the base iron,
wherein the multilayered plated layers include first and second plated layers formed on the base iron in sequence, the first plated layer is a Zn—Mg alloy plated layer, and the second plated layer is formed of a Zn single phase or a Zn single phase and a Zn—Mg alloy phase,
wherein the Zn—Mg alloy plated layer includes Mg by greater than 18 weight % and equal to or lower than 35 weight %, and a content of Mg in the second plated layer is 2 weight % or lower, and
wherein a ratio of a weight of Mg contained in the multilayered plated layers to a total weight of the multilayered plated layers is 0.13-0.24.

19. The multilayered zinc alloy plated steel material of claim 18 , wherein a ratio of a weight of Mg contained in the multilayered plated layers to a total weight of the multilayered plated layers is 0.157-0.20.

Assignees

• Posco

Inventors

• Kwak Young-Jin
• Jung Woo-Sung
• Kim Tae-Yeob

Classifications

• C21D8/00

  Modifying the physical properties of ferrous metals or ferrous alloys by deformation combined with, or followed by, heat treatment (hardening articles or materials formed by forging or rolling with no further heating beyond that required for the formation C21D1/02) · CPC title

• C22C18/00

  Alloys based on zinc · CPC title

• C23C14/16 Primary

  on metallic substrates or on substrates of boron or silicon · CPC title

• C23C14/243 Primary

  Crucibles for source material (C23C14/28, C23C14/30 take precedence) · CPC title

• C22C38/06

  containing aluminium · CPC title