Clad steel plate, member, and production methods for same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024158884-A1
Application number	US-202218550459-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 28, 2022
Priority date	Mar 31, 2021
Publication date	May 16, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

A clad steel plate having tensile strength (TS) of 780 MPa or more, excellent ductility, bendability, collision resistance, and LME resistance. The clad steel plate having a base metal and a cladding metal on front and back surfaces of the base metal, and the chemical composition and microstructure of the base metal and the cladding metal being appropriately controlled so that the average Vickers hardness (HVL) of the cladding metal is 260 or less, the average Vickers hardness (HVL) of the cladding metal divided by the average Vickers hardness (HVB) of the base metal is 0.80 or less, the boundary roughness between the base metal and the cladding metal is 50 μm or less at the maximum height Ry, and the number of voids at the boundary between the base metal and the cladding metal is controlled to 20 or fewer per 10 mm length of the boundary.

First claim

1 . A clad steel plate having a base metal and a cladding metal on front and back surfaces of the base metal,
the base metal comprising a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.080% or more and 0.350% or less, Si: 0.50% or more and 2.00% or less, Mn: 1.80% or more and less than 3.50%, P: 0.001% or more and 0.100% or less, S: 0.0200% or less, Al: 0.010% or more and 2.000% or less, N: 0.0100% or less, and optionally at least one selected from the group consisting of Sb: 0.200% or less, Sn: 0.200% or less, Ti: 0.200% or less, Nb: 0.200% or less, V: 0.100% or less, B: 0.0100% or less, Cu: 1.00% or less, Cr: 1.000% or less, Ni: 1.000% or less, Mo: 0.50% or less, Ta: 0.100% or less, W: 0.500% or less, Mg: 0.0200% or less, Zn: 0.020% or less, Co: 0.020% or less, Zr: 0.020% or less, Ca: 0.0200% or less, Ce: 0.0200% or less, Se: 0.0200% or less, Te: 0.0200% or less, Ge: 0.0200% or less, As: 0.0200% or less, Sr: 0.0200% or less, Cs: 0.0200% or less, Hf: 0.0200% or less, Pb: 0.0200% or less, Bi: 0.0200% or less, and REM: 0.0200% or less, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurity; the steel microstructure comprising: a total area ratio of bainite and tempered martensite: 30% or more, and a volume fraction of retained austenite: more than 5%, the cladding metal comprising a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.100% or less, Si: 0.60% or less, Mn: 0.05% or more and 2.50% or less P: 0.001% or more and 0.100% or less, S: 0.0200% or less, Al: 0.010% or more and 0.100% or less, N: 0.0100% or less, and optionally at least one selected from the group consisting of Sb: 0.200% or less, Sn: 0.200% or less, Ti: 0.200% or less, Nb: 0.200% or less, V: 0.100% or less, B: 0.0100% or less, Cu: 1.00% or less, Cr: 1.000% or less, Ni: 1.000% or less, Mo: 0.50% or less, Ta: 0.100% or less, W: 0.500% or less, Mg: 0.0200% or less, Zn: 0.020% or less, Co: 0.020% or less, Zr: 0.020% or less, Ca: 0.0200% or less, Ce: 0.0200% or less, Se: 0.0200% or less, Te: 0.0200% or less, Ge: 0.0200% or less, As: 0.0200% or less, Sr: 0.0200% or less, Cs: 0.0200% or less, Hf: 0.0200% or less, Pb: 0.0200% or less, Bi: 0.0200% or less, and REM: 0.0200% or less, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurity; the steel microstructure comprising: an area ratio of ferrite: 80% or more, wherein average Vickers hardness (HVL) of the cladding metal is 260 or less, the average Vickers hardness (HVL) of the cladding metal divided by average Vickers hardness (HVB) of the base metal is 0.80 or less, boundary roughness between the base metal and the cladding metal is 50 μm or less at a maximum height Ry; and a number of voids at a boundary between the base metal and the cladding metal is 20 or fewer per 10 mm of boundary length.

2 . (canceled)

3 . The clad steel plate of claim 1 , wherein thickness of the base metal divided by total thickness of the cladding metal is 1 or more.

4 . The clad steel plate of claim 1 , wherein the clad steel plate satisfies at least one selected from following (a) and (b),
(a) the clad steel plate having a galvanized layer, a galvannealed layer, or an electrogalvanized layer on a surface, and (b) a total diffusible hydrogen content in the base metal and the cladding metal being 0.50 mass ppm or less.

5 . (canceled)

6 . A member made using the clad steel plate of claim 1 .

7 . A method of producing a clad steel plate, comprising:
a first preparation process of preparing a base metal steel slab comprising the chemical composition of the base metal of claim 1 ; a second preparation process of preparing cladding metal steel slabs each comprising the chemical composition of the cladding metal of claim 1 ; a surface treatment process of surface treating both front and back surfaces of the base metal steel slab and at least one of front and back surfaces of each of the cladding metal steel slabs to have a surface roughness Ra of 30 μm or less; a stacking process of stacking the base metal steel slab and the cladding metal steel slabs in the order of one the cladding metal steel slabs—the base metal steel slab—one of the cladding metal steel slabs so that the surface treated surfaces of the base metal steel slab and the surface treated surfaces of the cladding metal steel slabs are in contact, to obtain a stacked slab; a joining process of joining the cladding metal steel slabs and the base metal steel slab, and creating a vacuum of 1×10 −2 Torr or less between the cladding metal steel slabs and the base metal steel slab to obtain a joined stacked slab; a hot rolling process of heating the joined stacked slab to a temperature range from 1,050° C. or more to 1,350° C. or less, then hot rolling under a set of conditions including a rolling finish temperature of 820° C. or more to obtain a hot-rolled steel sheet; a cold rolling process of cold rolling the hot-rolled steel sheet under a set of conditions including a cold rolling reduction ratio of 30% or more to 80% or less to obtain a cold-rolled steel sheet; and an annealing process of annealing the cold-rolled steel sheet under a set of conditions including an annealing temperature of 750° C. or more and 950° C. or less and a holding time of 20 s or more.

8 . The method of producing a clad steel plate of claim 7 , further comprising a first reheating process after the annealing process, of cooling the cold-rolled steel sheet to a cooling stop temperature of 250° C. or less, then reheating to a temperature range from more than 250° C. to 450° C. or less and holding for 10 s or more.

9 . The method of producing a clad steel plate of claim 7 , wherein the method satisfies at least one selected from following (c) and (d),
(c) the method further comprising a coating or plating process after the annealing process or after the first reheating process, of subjecting the cold-rolled steel sheet to a coating or plating treatment to obtain a coated or plated steel sheet, and (d) the method further comprising a coating or plating process after the annealing process or after the first reheating process, of subjecting the cold-rolled steel sheet to a coating or plating treatment to obtain a coated or plated steel sheet, the coating or plating treatment being a hot-dip galvanizing treatment, a galvannealing treatment, or an electrogalvanization treatment.

10 . (canceled)

11 . The method of producing a clad steel plate of claim 9 , further comprising a dehydrogenation treatment process after the coating or plating treatment, of holding the coated or plated steel sheet at a temperature range from 50° C. or more to 300° C. or less for 0.5 h or more and 72.0 h or less.

12 . The method of producing a clad steel plate of claim 7 , further comprising:
a coating process after the annealing process, of subjecting the cold-rolled steel sheet to a hot-dip galvanizing treatment or a galvannealing treatment to obtain a coated steel sheet; and a second reheating process of cooling the coated steel sheet to a cooling stop temperature of 250° C. or less, then reheating to a temperature range from more than 250° C. to 450° C. or less and holding for 10 s or more.

13 . The method of producing a clad steel plate of claim 12 , further comprising a dehydrogenation treatment process after the second reheating process, of holding the coated steel sheet at a temperature range from 50° C. or more to 300° C. or less for 0.5 h or more and 72.0 h or less.

14 . A method of producing a member, wherein the clad steel plate of claim 1 is subjected to at least one of a

Assignees

• Jfe Steel Corp

Inventors

• Kawasaki Yoshiyasu
• Toji Yuki
• Nakagaito Tatsuya
• Yamaguchi Shinya
• Ueno Masayasu
• Takashima Katsutoshi
• Ono Tomohiro

Classifications

• C21D8/02

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

• B23K2103/04

  Steel {or steel} alloys · CPC title

• B23K20/04 Primary

  by means of a rolling mill · CPC title

• C21D9/46 Primary

  for sheet metals · CPC title

• B32B15/011

  all layers being formed of iron alloys or steels · CPC title