Sn-based plated steel sheet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11674233-B2
Application number	US-202117795405-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 1, 2021
Priority date	Mar 26, 2020
Publication date	Jun 13, 2023
Grant date	Jun 13, 2023

Abstract

To provide a Sn-based plated steel sheet capable of exhibiting superior corrosion resistance, yellowing resistance, coating film adhesiveness, and sulphide stain resistance without using a chromate film. A Sn-based plated steel sheet of the present invention includes: a steel sheet; a Sn-based plating layer located on at least one surface of the steel sheet; and a coating layer located on the Sn-based plating layer, wherein the Sn-based plating layer contains 1.0 g/m2 to 15.0 g/m2 of Sn per side in terms of metal Sn, the coating layer contains zirconium oxide, and a content of the zirconium oxide is 1.0 mg/m2 to 10.0 mg/m2 per side in terms of metal Zr, the zirconium oxide includes zirconium oxide with an amorphous structure, and a crystalline layer whose main component is zirconium oxide with a crystalline structure is present on an upper layer of the zirconium oxide with the amorphous structure.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A Sn-based plated steel sheet comprising:
a steel sheet;
a Sn-based plating layer located on at least one surface of the steel sheet; and
a coating layer located on the Sn-based plating layer,
wherein the Sn-based plating layer contains 1.0 g/m 2 to 15.0 g/m 2 of Sn per side in terms of metal Sn,
the coating layer contains zirconium oxide, and a content of the zirconium oxide is 1.0 mg/m 2 to 10.0 mg/m 2 per side in terms of metal Zr,
the zirconium oxide includes zirconium oxide with an amorphous structure, and
a crystalline layer whose main component is zirconium oxide with a crystalline structure is present on an upper layer of the zirconium oxide with the amorphous structure,
wherein the crystalline structure is determined when a clear diffraction spot is obtained in an electron beam diffraction pattern, and the amorphous structure is determined when a continuous ring-shaped diffraction pattern is obtained instead of the clear diffraction spot.

2. The Sn-based plated steel sheet according to claim 1 ,
wherein the crystalline layer in the coating layer includes an uppermost surface portion of the coating layer, and
the number of detected locations of the crystalline layer is at least one or more in order from the uppermost surface portion in a thickness direction,
wherein the uppermost surface portion means a portion including an uppermost surface of the coating layer among each of 10 equal portions of the coating layer in the thickness direction at any position of the coating layer, and
the number of detected locations of the crystalline layer means the number of locations determined to be the crystalline structure among 10 measured locations in the electron beam diffraction pattern at a center portion of the thickness direction of each portion among 10 equal portions where the coating layer is divided into 10 equal portions in the thickness direction at any position of the coating layer.

3. The Sn-based plated steel sheet according to claim 2 ,
wherein the number of detected locations of the crystalline layer is five or less, including the uppermost surface portion of the coating layer and in order from the uppermost surface portion in the thickness direction.

Assignees

• Nippon Steel Corp

Inventors

• Yamanaka Shintaro
• Yokoya Hirokazu
• Sato Yasuhiko
• Ando Hiroaki
• Nakasone Nobuo

Classifications

• C25D3/32

  characterised by the organic bath constituents used · CPC title

• C23C28/322

  only coatings of metal elements only · CPC title

• C23C28/34

  including at least one inorganic non-metallic material layer, e.g. metal carbide, nitride, boride, silicide layer and their mixtures, enamels, phosphates and sulphates · CPC title

• C23C28/3455

  with a refractory ceramic layer, e.g. refractory metal oxide, ZrO2, rare earth oxides or a thermal barrier system comprising at least one refractory oxide layer · CPC title

• C25D5/505

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