Cold rolled steel sheet and method for producing same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12180557-B2
Application number	US-202017434986-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 31, 2020
Priority date	Apr 8, 2019
Publication date	Dec 31, 2024
Grant date	Dec 31, 2024

Abstract

The present invention relates to a cold rolled steel sheet containing C: 0.15% or more and 0.40% or less, Si: 0.50% or more and 4.00% or less, Mn: 1.00% or more and 4.00% or less, and sol. Al: 0.001% or more and 2.000% or less, having a metallic structure consisting of 35 to 65 area % of ferrite phases, 35 to 65 area % of hard second phases, and 0 to 5 area % of remaining phases, wherein 60% or more of the ferrite phases are recrystallized ferrite phases, an average crystal grain size defined by 15° grain boundaries is 5.0 μm or less, a maximum connecting rate of the hard second phases is 10% or more, and a two-dimensional isoperimetric constant of the hard second phases is 0.20 or less.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cold rolled steel sheet having a chemical composition comprising, by mass %,
C: 0.15% or more and 0.40% or less,
Si: 0.50% or more and 4.00% or less,
Mn: 1.00% or more and 4.00% or less,
sol. Al: 0.001% or more and 2.000% or less,
P: 0.020% or less,
S: 0.020% or less,
N: 0.010% or less,
Ti: 0% or more and 0.200% or less,
Nb: 0% or more and 0.200% or less,
B: 0% or more and 0.010% or less,
V: 0% or more and 1.00% or less,
Cr: 0% or more and 1.00% or less,
Mo: 0% or more and 1.00% or less,
Cu: 0% or more and 1.00% or less,
Co: 0% or more and 1.00% or less,
W: 0% or more and 1.00% or less,
Ni: 0% or more and 1.00% or less,
Ca: 0% or more and 0.010% or less,
Mg: 0% or more and 0.010% or less,
REM: 0% or more and 0.010% or less,
Zr: 0% or more and 0.010% or less, and
balance: iron and impurities, and
a metallic structure consisting of ferrite phases, hard second phases consisting of martensite phases and retained austenite phases, and remaining phases consisting of cementite phases and bainite phases, wherein
an area ratio of the ferrite phases is 35% or more and 65% or less,
an area ratio of the hard second phases is 35% or more and 65% or less,
an area ratio of the remaining phases is 0% or more and 5% or less,
60% or more of the ferrite phases are recrystallized ferrite phases,
an average crystal grain size defined by boundaries with differences in crystal orientations of 15 degrees or more is 5.0 μm or less,
a maximum connecting rate of the hard second phases is 10% or more, and
a two-dimensional isoperimetric constant of the hard second phases is 0.20 or less.

2. The cold rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the chemical composition comprises, by mass %, one or more selected from the group consisting of
Ti: 0.001% or more and 0.200% or less,
Nb: 0.001% or more and 0.200% or less,
B: 0.0005% or more and 0.010% or less,
V: 0.005% or more and 1.00% or less,
Cr: 0.005% or more and 1.00% or less,
Mo: 0.005% or more and 1.00% or less,
Cu: 0.005% or more and 1.00% or less,
Co: 0.005% or more and 1.00% or less,
W: 0.005% or more and 1.00% or less,
Ni: 0.005% or more and 1.00% or less,
Ca: 0.0003% or more and 0.010% or less,
Mg: 0.0003% or more and 0.010% or less,
REM: 0.0003% or more and 0.010% or less, and
Zr: 0.0003% or more and 0.010% or less.

3. The cold rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , having a hot dip galvanized layer on the surface thereof.

4. The cold rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , having a hot dip galvannealed layer on the surface thereof.

5. A method for producing the cold rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , comprising:
a hot rolling step of rough rolling a slab having the chemical composition according to claim 1 , then finish rolling it wherein a rolling reduction of a final stage of the finish rolling is 15% or more and 50% or less and an end temperature of the finish rolling is Ar3° C. or more and 950° C. or less, cooling it down to a coiling temperature of less than 400° C. by an average cooling rate of 50° C./s or more, and coiling it at the coiling temperature,
a tempering step of tempering the hot rolled steel sheet in a temperature region of 450° C. or more and less than 600° C. under conditions of a tempering parameter ξ defined by following Formula 1 of 14000 to 18000,
a cold rolling step of pickling the tempered steel sheet, then cold rolling it by a rolling reduction of 30% or more, and
an annealing step of heating the cold rolled steel sheet in a temperature region of 500° C. to Ac1° C. by an average heating rate of 5.0° C./s or less up to a maximum heating temperature of (Ac1+10)° C. or more and (Ac3−10)° C. or less, holding it at the maximum heating temperature for 60 seconds or more, then cooling it in a temperature region of (Ac1−50)° C. to a cooling stop temperature by an average cooling rate of 20° C./s or more down to the cooling stop temperature of Ms° C. or less:
ξ=( T+ 273)·[log 10 ( t/ 3600)+20]  Formula 1:

T [° C.]: tempering temperature, t [s]: tempering time
Ac 1 [° C.]=751−16×[% C]+35×[% Si]−28×[% Mn]

Ac 3 [° C.]=881−353×[% C]+65×[% Si]−24×[% Mn]

Ar 3 [° C.]=910−203×[% C]+44.7×[% Si]−24×[% Mn]−50×[% Ni]

Ms [° C.]=521−353×[% C]−22×[% Si]−24×[% Mn]

where % C, % Si, % Mn, and % Ni are contents [mass %] of C, Si, Mn, and Ni.

6. The method for producing the cold rolled steel sheet according to claim 5 , further comprising cooling down to the cooling stop temperature of Ms° C. or less, then holding at a temperature of 200° C. or more and 450° C. or less for 60 seconds or more and 600 seconds or less.

7. The method for producing the cold rolled steel sheet according to claim 5 , further comprising hot dip galvanization at a temperature of 430° C. or more after the annealing step to produce a cold rolled steel sheet having a hot dip galvanized layer on the surface thereof.

8. The method for producing the cold rolled steel sheet according to claim 5 , further comprising hot dip galvanization at a temperature of 430° C. or more after the annealing step, then alloying treatment at 400° C. or more and 600° C. or less to produce a cold rolled steel sheet having a hot dip galvannealed layer on the surface thereof.

9. The method for producing the cold rolled steel sheet according to claim 6 , further comprising hot dip galvanization at a temperature of 430° C. or more after the annealing step to produce a cold rolled steel sheet having a hot dip galvanized layer on the surface thereof.

10. The method for producing the cold rolled steel sheet according to claim 6 , further comprising hot dip galvanization at a temperature of 430° C. or more after the annealing step, then alloying treatment at 400° C. or more and 600° C. or less to produce a cold rolled steel sheet having a hot dip galvannealed layer on the surface thereof.

Assignees

• Nippon Steel Corp

Inventors

• Yabu Shohei
• Hayashi Koutarou
• Uenishi Akihiro

Classifications

• C23C2/28

  Thermal after-treatment, e.g. treatment in oil bath · CPC title

• C23C2/024

  by cleaning or etching · CPC title

• C23C2/0224

  Two or more thermal pretreatments · 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

• C23C2/40

  Plates; Strips · CPC title