Steel member and method of manufacturing same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11713497-B2
Application number	US-201917049493-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 23, 2019
Priority date	Apr 23, 2018
Publication date	Aug 1, 2023
Grant date	Aug 1, 2023

Abstract

A steel member according to an aspect of the present invention has a predetermined chemical composition, in which a metallographic structure includes, by a volume %, 60.0% to 85.0% of martensite, 10.0% to 30.0% of bainite, 5.0% to 15.0% of residual austenite, and 0% to 4.0% of a remainder in microstructure. A length of a maximum minor axis of the residual austenite is 30 nm or longer. A number density of a carbide which exist in the steel member and has a circle equivalent diameter of 0.1 μm or more and an aspect ratio of 2.5 or less is 4.0×103 pieces/mm2 or less.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A steel member comprising, as a chemical composition, by mass %:
C: 0.10% to 0.60%;
Si: 0.40% to 3.00%;
Mn: 0.30% to 3.00%;
P: 0.050% or less;
S: 0.0500% or less;
N: 0.010% or less;
Ti: 0.0010% to 0.1000%;
B: 0.0005% to 0.0100%;
Cr: 0% to 1.00%;
Ni: 0% to 2.0%;
Cu: 0% to 1.0%;
Mo: 0% to 1.0%;
V: 0% to 1.0%;
Ca: 0% to 0.010%;
Al: 0% to 1.00%;
Nb: 0% to 0.100%;
Sn: 0% to 1.00%;
W: 0% to 1.00%;
REM: 0% to 0.30%; and
a remainder of Fe and impurities,
wherein a metallographic structure includes, by volume fraction, 60.0% to 85.0% of martensite, 10.0% to 30.0% of bainite, 5.0% to 15.0% of residual austenite, and 0% to 4.0% of ferrite and pearlite, wherein a total volume fraction of the martensite, the bainite, and the residual austenite is 96.0% or more,
a length of a maximum minor axis of the residual austenite is 30 nm or longer, and
a number density of a carbide having a circle equivalent diameter of 0.1 μm or more and an aspect ratio of 2.5 or less is 4.0×10 3 pieces/mm 2 or less.

2. The steel member according to claim 1 , comprising, as the chemical composition, by mass %, at least one selected from the group consisting of:
Cr: 0.01% to 1.00%;
Ni: 0.01% to 2.0%;
Cu: 0.01% to 1.0%;
Mo: 0.01% to 1.0%;
V: 0.01% to 1.0%;
Ca: 0.001% to 0.010%;
Al: 0.01% to 1.00%;
Nb: 0.010% to 0.100%;
Sn: 0.01% to 1.00%;
W: 0.01% to 1.00%; and
REM: 0.001% to 0.30%.

3. The steel member according to claim 1 ,
wherein a value of a strain-induced transformation parameter k represented by Expression (1) below is less than 18.0,
k =(log f γ0 −log f γ (0.02))/0.02  Expression (1)

here, meaning of each symbol in Expression (1) is as follows:
f γ0 : volume fraction of residual austenite present in the steel member before true strain is applied; and
f γ (0.02): volume fraction of residual austenite present in the steel member after 0.02 of true strain is applied to the steel member and then unloaded.

4. The steel member according to claim 1 ,
wherein a tensile strength is 1,400 MPa or more, and
a total elongation is 10.0% or higher.

5. The steel member according to claim 1 , wherein a local elongation is 3.0% or higher.

6. The steel member according to claim 1 , wherein an impact value at −80° C. is 25.0 J/cm 2 or more.

7. The steel member according to claim 1 , wherein a value of cleanliness of a steel specified by JIS G 0555: 2003 is 0.100% or less.

8. A method of manufacturing a steel member according to claim 1 , the method comprising:
a heating process of heating a base steel sheet to a temperature range of Ac 3 point to (Ac 3 point+200°) C. at an average heating rate of 5 to 300° C./s, the base steel sheet including, as a chemical composition, by mass %, C: 0.10% to 0.60%, Si: 0.40% to 3.00%, Mn: 0.30% to 3.00%, P: 0.050% or less, S: 0.0500% or less, N: 0.010% or less, Ti: 0.0010% to 0.1000%, B: 0.0005% to 0.0100%, Cr: 0% to 1.00%, Ni: 0% to 2.0%, Cu: 0% to 1.0%, Mo: 0% to 1.0%, V: 0% to 1.0%, Ca: 0% to 0.010%, Al: 0% to 1.00%, Nb: 0% to 0.100%, Sn: 0% to 1.00%, W: 0% to 1.00%, REM: 0% to 0.30%, and a remainder consisting of Fe and impurities, in which a number density of carbide having a circle equivalent diameter of 0.1 μm or more and an aspect ratio of 2.5 or less is 8.0×10 3 pieces/mm 2 or less, and an average value of circle equivalent diameters of (Nb, Ti)C is 5.0 μm or less;
a first cooling process of cooling the base steel sheet to a Ms point at a first average cooling rate equal to or higher than an upper critical cooling rate, after the heating process;
a second cooling process of cooling the base steel sheet to a temperature range of (Ms−30°) C. to (Ms−70°) C. at a second average cooling rate of 5° C./s or higher and lower than 150° C./s, which is slower than the first average cooling rate, after the first cooling process;
a reheating process of reheating the base steel sheet to a temperature range of Ms to (Ms+200°) C. at an average heating rate of 5° C./s or higher, after the second cooling process; and
a third cooling process of cooling the base steel sheet at a third average cooling rate of 5° C./s or higher, after the reheating process.

9. The method of manufacturing a steel member according to claim 8 , further comprising:
a holding process of holding the base steel sheet at the temperature range of Ac 3 point to (Ac 3 point+200°) C. for 5 to 200 seconds, between the heating process and the first cooling process.

10. The method of manufacturing a steel member according to claim 8 , further comprising:
a holding process of holding the base steel sheet at the temperature range of Ms to (Ms+200°) C. for 3 to 60 seconds, between the reheating process and the third cooling process.

11. The method of manufacturing a steel member according to claim 8 , further comprising:
hot forming the base steel sheet, between the heating process and the first cooling process.

12. The method of manufacturing a steel member according to claim 8 , wherein in the first cooling process, the base steel sheet is cooled at the first average cooling rate and hot-formed at the same time.

Assignees

• Nippon Steel Corp

Inventors

• Tabata Shinichiro
• Suwa Yoshihiro
• Hikida Kazuo
• Kusumi Kazuhisa

Classifications

• C21D8/02

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

• 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

• C23C2/02

  Pretreatment of the material to be coated, e.g. for coating on selected surface areas (C23C2/30 takes precedence) · CPC title

• C23C2/024

  by cleaning or etching · CPC title

• C23C2/0224

  Two or more thermal pretreatments · CPC title