High-strength steel sheet and method for manufacturing same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12435384-B2
Application number	US-202017630504-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 19, 2020
Priority date	Jul 30, 2019
Publication date	Oct 7, 2025
Grant date	Oct 7, 2025

Abstract

Provided are a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet that has a tensile strength of 1180 MPa or more and excellent ductility, stretch flangeability, bendability and LME resistance and can manufacture parts with high dimensional accuracy, and its manufacturing method. The high-strength steel sheet with a tensile strength of 1180 MPa or more has a chemical composition containing C, Si, Mn, P, S, Al and N, with [% Si], [% Mn], [% P], [% Mo] and [% Cr] satisfying a predetermined relationship and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, and a steel microstructure including ferrite, tempered martensite and bainite, and retained austenite, where the diffusible hydrogen amount in the steel sheet is 0.60 mass ppm or less, a thickness of softened surface layer is 5 μm or more and 150 μm or less, and a frequency of coincidence boundary in the steel sheet surface layer after a high-temperature tensile test is 0.45 or less.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A high-strength steel sheet having a tensile strength of 1180 MPa or more, and a yield ratio YR is 65% or more and 70% or less, which comprises
a chemical composition containing, in mass %,
C: 0.120% or more and 0.250% or less,
Si: 0.80% or more and 2.00% or less,
Mn: more than 2.45% and 4.00% or less,
P: 0.001% or more and 0.100% or less,
S: 0.0200% or less,
Al: 0.010% or more and 1.000% or less, and
N: 0.0100% or less, with
Mn eq obtained with the following expression (1) satisfying a relationship of 3.00% or more and 4.20% or less, and
the balance consisting of Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein
Mn eq =0.26×[% Si]+[% Mn]+3.5×[% P]+2.68×[% Mo]+1.29×[% Cr]  (1)

where the [% X] in the expression (1) represents a content of element X in mass % in the steel, and the [% X] is 0 when the element X is not contained, and

a steel microstructure wherein
an area ratio of ferrite is 25% or less,
a total area ratio of tempered martensite and bainite is 65% or more and 96% or less,
an area ratio of quenched martensite is 15% or less,
a volume fraction of retained austenite is 4% or more and 20% or less,
an amount of diffusible hydrogen in the steel sheet is 0.60 mass ppm or less,
a thickness of softened surface layer is 5 μm or more and 150 μm or less,
should a high-temperature tensile test be performed on the steel sheet, a frequency of coincidence boundary in a surface layer of the steel sheet after the high-temperature tensile test is 0.45 or less, and

the yield ratio YR is expressed by “yield stress YS/tensile strength TS” of the steel sheet.

2. The high-strength steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of C-strength of a surface layer to C-strength of a ¼ thickness position of the steel sheet is 0.70 or less.

3. The high-strength steel sheet according to claim 2 , wherein the chemical composition further contains, in mass %, at least one selected from the group consisting of
Mo: 0.500% or less,
Cr: 0.300% or less,
Ca: 0.0200% or less,
Sb: 0.200% or less,
Ti: 0.100% or less,
Nb: 0.100% or less,
V: 0.100% or less,
B: 0.0100% or less,
Cu: 1.00% or less,
Ni: 0.50% or less,
Sn: 0.200% or less,
Ta: 0.100% or less,
Mg: 0.0200% or less,
Zn: 0.020% or less,
Co: 0.020% or less,
Zr: 0.020% or less, and
REM: 0.0200% or less.

4. The high-strength steel sheet according to claim 3 , which comprises a coating or plating layer on a surface of the steel sheet.

5. The high-strength steel sheet according to claim 2 , which comprises a coating or plating layer on a surface of the steel sheet.

6. The high-strength steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the chemical composition further contains, in mass %, at least one selected from the group consisting of
Mo: 0.500% or less,
Cr: 0.300% or less,
Ca: 0.0200% or less,
Sb: 0.200% or less,
Ti: 0.100% or less,
Nb: 0.100% or less,
V: 0.100% or less,
B: 0.0100% or less,
Cu: 1.00% or less,
Ni: 0.50% or less,
Sn: 0.200% or less,
Ta: 0.100% or less,
Mg: 0.0200% or less,
Zn: 0.020% or less,
Co: 0.020% or less,
Zr: 0.020% or less, and
REM: 0.0200% or less.

7. The high-strength steel sheet according to claim 6 , which comprises a coating or plating layer on a surface of the steel sheet.

8. The high-strength steel sheet according to claim 1 , which comprises a coating or plating layer on a surface of the steel sheet.

Assignees

• Jfe Steel Corp

Inventors

• Minami Hidekazu
• Yokota Takeshi
• Kawasaki Yoshiyasu
• TERASHIMA Shotaro

Classifications

• C21D8/02

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

• C21D1/22

  Martempering · CPC title

• C22C38/04 Primary

  containing manganese · CPC title

• C21D6/002

  containing Cr (C21D6/004 takes precedence) · CPC title

• C22C38/22

  with molybdenum or tungsten · CPC title