Steel sheet, member, and methods for manufacturing the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12258647-B2
Application number	US-202117800669-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 24, 2021
Priority date	Feb 28, 2020
Publication date	Mar 25, 2025
Grant date	Mar 25, 2025

Abstract

A steel sheet according to the present invention has a specific chemical composition and a steel microstructure including, in terms of area fraction, ferrite: 40% or more and 70% or less, a total of bainite and tempered martensite: 5% or more and 30% or less, retained austenite: 4% or more and 18% or less, fresh martensite: 8% or more and 35% or less, and the remainder: 5% or less. Cementite particles are present in the retained austenite, a ratio of an area fraction of the cementite particles in the retained austenite to an area fraction of the retained austenite is 5% or more and 25% or less, and the steel sheet has a tensile strength of 780 MPa or more and less than 980 MPa.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A steel sheet comprising:
a chemical composition containing, by mass %,
C: 0.07% or more and 0.18% or less,
Si: 0.01% or more and 2.0% or less,
Al: 0.01% or more and 2.0% or less,
a total of Si and Al: 0.7% or more and 2.5% or less,
Mn: 1.5% or more and 2.6% or less,
P: 0.1% or less,
S: 0.02% or less, and
N: 0.010% or less, and

optionally containing at least one selected from Cr, V, Mo, Ni, and Cu in a total amount of 1.0% or less,
optionally containing at least one selected from
Ti: 0.20% or less, and
Nb: 0.20% or less,

optionally containing B: 0.005% or less,
optionally containing at least one selected from
Ca: 0.005% or less, and
REM: 0.005% or less, and

optionally containing at least one selected from
Sb: 0.05% or less, and
Sn: 0.05% or less,

with the balance being Fe and incidental impurities; and
a steel microstructure including, in terms of area fraction, ferrite: 40% or more and 70% or less, a total of bainite and tempered martensite: 5% or more and 30% or less, retained austenite: 4% or more and 18% or less, fresh martensite: 8% or more and 35% or less, and the remainder: 5% or less,
wherein cementite particles are present in the retained austenite, a ratio of an area fraction of the cementite particles in the retained austenite to an area fraction of the retained austenite is 5% or more and 25% or less,
wherein the steel sheet has a tensile strength of 780 MPa or more and less than 980 MPa, and
wherein the cementite particles in the retained austenite have an average major axis of 30 nm or more and 400 nm or less.

2. The steel sheet according to claim 1 , further comprising a hot-dip galvanized layer or a hot-dip galvannealed layer on a surface of the steel sheet.

3. A member obtained by subjecting the steel sheet according to claim 1 to at least one of forming and welding.

4. A member obtained by subjecting the steel sheet according to claim 2 to at least one of forming and welding.

5. A method for manufacturing a steel sheet according to claim 1 , the method comprising hot-rolling and cold-rolling a slab having the chemical composition; subsequently performing holding at an annealing temperature of 700° C. or higher and 950° C. or lower for 30 seconds or more and 1000 seconds or less; performing cooling from the annealing temperature to a cooling stop temperature of 150° C. or higher and 420° C. or lower at an average cooling rate of 10° C./s or higher; subsequently performing first holding under conditions in a temperature range of 380° C. or higher and 420° C. or lower for 10 seconds or more and 500 seconds or less; and further performing second holding under conditions of a temperature X° C. and a holding time Y second that satisfy formulae 1 to 3 below:
10000≤(273 +X )(12+log Y )≤11000  Formula 1

440 ≤X≤ 540  Formula 2

Y≤ 200  Formula 3.

6. The method for manufacturing a steel sheet according to claim 5 , wherein an average heating rate from a holding temperature in the first holding to the temperature X° C. in the second holding is 3° C./s or higher.

7. The method for manufacturing a steel sheet according to claim 5 , wherein an average heating rate from a holding temperature in the first holding to the temperature X° C. in the second holding is 10° C./s or higher.

8. The method for manufacturing a steel sheet according to claim 5 , comprising, between the first holding and the second holding or after completion of the second holding, forming a hot-dip galvanized layer or a hot-dip galvannealed layer on a surface of the steel sheet.

9. The method for manufacturing a steel sheet according to claim 6 , comprising, between the first holding and the second holding or after completion of the second holding, forming a hot-dip galvanized layer or a hot-dip galvannealed layer on a surface of the steel sheet.

10. The method for manufacturing a steel sheet according to claim 7 , comprising, between the first holding and the second holding or after completion of the second holding, forming a hot-dip galvanized layer or a hot-dip galvannealed layer on a surface of the steel sheet.

11. A method for manufacturing a member, the method comprising a step of subjecting a steel sheet manufactured by the method for manufacturing a steel sheet according to claim 5 to at least one of forming and welding.

12. A method for manufacturing a member, the method comprising a step of subjecting a steel sheet manufactured by the method for manufacturing a steel sheet according to claim 6 to at least one of forming and welding.

13. A method for manufacturing a member, the method comprising a step of subjecting a steel sheet manufactured by the method for manufacturing a steel sheet according to claim 7 to at least one of forming and welding.

14. A method for manufacturing a member, the method comprising a step of subjecting a steel sheet manufactured by the method for manufacturing a steel sheet according to claim 8 to at least one of forming and welding.

15. A method for manufacturing a member, the method comprising a step of subjecting a steel sheet manufactured by the method for manufacturing a steel sheet according to claim 9 to at least one of forming and welding.

16. A method for manufacturing a member, the method comprising a step of subjecting a steel sheet manufactured by the method for manufacturing a steel sheet according to claim 10 to at least one of forming and welding.

17. The method for manufacturing a steel sheet according to claim 5 , wherein an average heating rate from a holding temperature in the first holding to the temperature X° C. in the second holding is 20° C./s or higher.

Assignees

• Jfe Steel Corp

Inventors

• Wada Yusuke
• Nakagaito Tatsuya
• TERASHIMA Shotaro
• Yang Lingling
• Yokota Takeshi

Classifications

• C21D8/02

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

• C23C2/06 Primary

  Zinc or cadmium or alloys based thereon · CPC title

• C22C38/60

  containing lead, selenium, tellurium, or antimony, or more than 0.04% by weight of sulfur · CPC title

• C22C38/38

  with more than 1.5% by weight of manganese · CPC title

• C22C38/34

  with more than 1.5% by weight of silicon · CPC title