Sn-plated steel sheet and method for manufacturing Sn-plated steel sheet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11598009-B2
Application number	US-201916975637-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 1, 2019
Priority date	Mar 1, 2018
Publication date	Mar 7, 2023
Grant date	Mar 7, 2023

Abstract

A Sn-plated steel sheet including a base plated steel sheet having a steel sheet, a Sn-plated layer on at least one surface of the steel sheet, and a film layer containing a zirconium oxide and a tin oxide. An adhesion amount of Sn per surface of the Sn-plated steel sheet is 0.1 g/m2 or more and 15 g/m2 or less, an amount of the zirconium oxide in the film layer is in a range of 1 mg/m2 or more and 30 mg/m2 or less in terms of an amount of metal Zr, a peak position of a binding energy of Sn3d5/2 of the tin oxide is 1.4 eV or more and less than 1.6 eV from a peak position of a binding energy of metal Sn, and a quantity of electricity required for reduction of the tin oxide is more than 5.0 mC/cm2 and 20 mC/cm2 or less.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A Sn-plated steel sheet, comprising:
a base plated steel sheet having a steel sheet, and a Sn-plated layer on at least one surface of the steel sheet; and
a film layer which contains a zirconium oxide and a tin oxide and is positioned on the base plated steel sheet, where the Sn-plated layer and the film layer are formed in this order on at least one surface of the steel sheet,
wherein an adhesion amount of Sn per surface is 0.1 g/m 2 or more and 15 g/m 2 or less,
the adhesion amount of Sn per surface is a sum of an amount of Sn, which is present in the Sn-plated layer and not diffused into the film layer, and an amount of the tin oxide present in the film layer in terms of an amount of metal Sn,
an amount of the zirconium oxide in the film layer is in a range of 1 mg/m 2 or more and 30 mg/m 2 or less in terms of an amount of metal Zr,
a peak position of a binding energy of Sn3d 5/2 of the tin oxide by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy in the film layer is within a range of 1.4 eV or more and less than 1.6 eV from a peak position of a binding energy of metal Sn, and
a quantity of electricity required for reduction of the tin oxide is in a range of more than 5.0 mC/cm 2 and 20 mC/cm 2 or less,
wherein the quantity of electricity required for reduction of the tin oxide is measured by:
providing a 0.001 mol/L aqueous solution of hydrobromic acid from which dissolved oxygen has been removed by bubbling of nitrogen gas;
subjecting the Sn-plated steel sheet to cathodic electrolysis in said aqueous solution, at a constant current of 0.06 mA/cm 2 , and
calculating the quantity of electricity required for the reduction of the tin oxide from the product of the time and current values required for reducing and removing the tin oxide.

2. A method for manufacturing a Sn-plated steel sheet according to claim 1 , the method comprising:
a first step of forming a zirconium oxide layer containing a zirconium oxide on a base plated steel sheet which has a Sn-plated layer containing 0.1 g/m 2 or more and 15 g/m 2 or less of Sn formed on at least one surface of a steel sheet, by performing an immersion treatment into a solution containing zirconium ions, or a cathodic electrolysis treatment in a solution containing zirconium ions; and
a second step of, after the first step, subjecting the base plated steel sheet on which the zirconium oxide layer is formed to a heating treatment in an atmosphere containing oxygen under conditions satisfying both Formula 1 and Formula 2 regarding a heating temperature T in units of K and a heating time tin units of hours
0.11×exp(2400/ T )< t< 0.65×exp(2400/ T )  (Formula 1)

308< T< 373  (Formula 2).

3. The method for manufacturing a Sn-plated steel sheet according to claim 2 ,
wherein the heating treatment in the second step is performed in an atmosphere containing oxygen and having a water vapor content in a range of 60 vol % or more and 90 vol % or less.

4. The method for manufacturing a Sn-plated steel sheet according to claim 3 ,
wherein a concentration of the zirconium ions in the solution containing the zirconium ions is 100 ppm or more and 4,000 ppm or less, and
a pH value of the solution containing the zirconium ions is 3 or more and 5 or less.

5. The method for manufacturing a Sn-plated steel sheet according to claim 4 ,
wherein, in the first step,
the zirconium oxide layer is formed by the cathodic electrolysis treatment, and
a current density in the cathodic electrolysis treatment is set to 0.05 A/dm 2 or more and 50 A/dm 2 or less.

6. The method for manufacturing a Sn-plated steel sheet according to claim 3 ,
wherein, in the first step,
the zirconium oxide layer is formed by the cathodic electrolysis treatment, and
a current density in the cathodic electrolysis treatment is set to 0.05 A/dm 2 or more and 50 A/dm 2 or less.

7. The method for manufacturing a Sn-plated steel sheet according to claim 2 ,
wherein a concentration of the zirconium ions in the solution containing the zirconium ions is 100 ppm or more and 4,000 ppm or less, and
a pH value of the solution containing the zirconium ions is 3 or more and 5 or less.

8. The method for manufacturing a Sn-plated steel sheet according to claim 7 ,
wherein, in the first step,
the zirconium oxide layer is formed by the cathodic electrolysis treatment, and
a current density in the cathodic electrolysis treatment is set to 0.05 A/dm 2 or more and 50 A/dm 2 or less.

9. The method for manufacturing a Sn-plated steel sheet according to claim 2 ,
wherein, in the first step,
the zirconium oxide layer is formed by the cathodic electrolysis treatment, and
a current density in the cathodic electrolysis treatment is set to 0.05 A/dm 2 or more and 50 A/dm 2 or less.

Assignees

• Nippon Steel Corp

Inventors

• Yamanaka Shintaro
• Noda Masakazu
• Sato Yasuhiko
• Nakasone Nobuo

Classifications

• C25D3/30

  of tin · CPC title

• C25D5/505

  of electroplated tin coatings, e.g. by melting · CPC title

• C23C28/322

  only coatings of metal elements only · CPC title

• Y10T428/12979

  Containing more than 10% nonferrous elements [e.g., high alloy, stainless] · CPC title

• C23C28/30 Primary

  Coatings combining at least one metallic layer and at least one inorganic non-metallic layer · CPC title