Galvanized steel sheet and member, and method for manufacturing same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024318287-A1
Application number	US-202218579575-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 18, 2022
Priority date	Jul 28, 2021
Publication date	Sep 26, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

A galvanized steel sheet combining high strength with excellent formability, specifically, excellent ductility, hole expansion formability, local ductility, strain hardenability, and dimensional accuracy when forming a member. The base steel sheet has a defined chemical composition and a steel microstructure as follows: ferrite area ratio: 35.0% or more and 95.0% or less, bainitic ferrite area ratio: 1.0% or more and 40.0% or less, tempered martensite area ratio: 50.0% or less (including 0%), retained austenite area ratio: 1.5% or more, fresh martensite area ratio: 20.0% or less (including 0 %), S BF +S TM +2×S MA : 10.0% or more and less than 65.0%, S BF +S TM : 3.0 % or more and 60.0% or less, S MA1 /S MA : 0.40 or less, IDR [% Cγ]: 0.16% or more, and tensile strength: 590 MPa or more and less than 980 MPa.

First claim

1 . A galvanized steel sheet comprising a base steel sheet and a galvanized layer on a surface of the base steel sheet, wherein
the base steel sheet comprises: a chemical composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.040% or more and 0.400% or less, Si: 0.20% or more and 3.00% or less, Mn: 1.00% or more and less than 2.80%, 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, and N: 0.0100% or less, where carbon equivalent Ceq is less than 0.540%, and the balance is Fe and inevitable impurity, further, the base steel sheet has a microstructure wherein area ratio of ferrite: 35.0% or more and 95.0% or less, area ratio of bainitic ferrite: 1.0% or more and 40.0% or less, area ratio of tempered martensite: 50.0% or less (including 0%), area ratio of retained austenite: 1.5% or more, area ratio of fresh martensite: 20.0% or less (including 0%), S BF +S TM +2×S MA : 10.0% or more and less than 65.0%, S BF +S TM : 3.0% or more and 60.0% or less, S MA1 /S MA : 0.40 or less, and IDR [% Cγ]: 0.16% or more, and tensile strength is 590 MPa or more and less than 980 MPa, wherein S BF is area ratio of the bainitic ferrite, S TM is area ratio of the tempered martensite, S MA is area ratio of a hard secondary phase consisting of the retained austenite and fresh martensite, S MA1 is a total area ratio of island regions among island regions constituting the hard secondary phase that have a value of 1.0 μm or more for area divided by the maximum Feret diameter, and IDR [% Cγ] is a difference between the 90th percentile and the 10th percentile of the distribution of solute C concentration in the retained austenite.

2 . The galvanized steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the chemical composition of the base steel sheet further contains, in mass %, at least one selected from the group consisting of
Ti: 0.200% or less, Nb: 0.200% or less, V: 0.100% or less, B: 0.0100% or less, Cu: 1.000% or less, Cr: 1.000% or less, Ni: 1.000% or less, Mo: 0.500% or less, Sb: 0.200% or less, Sn: 0.200% or less, Ta: 0.100% or less, W: 0.500% or less, Mg: 0.0200% or less, Zn: 0.0200% or less, Co: 0.0200% or less, Zr: 0.0200% 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.

3 . The galvanized steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the galvanized steel sheet satisfies at least one selected from following (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e),
(a) an amount of diffusible hydrogen of the base steel sheet being 0.50 mass ppm or less, (b) the galvanized steel sheet further comprising a decarburized layer, (c) the galvanized steel sheet further comprising a metal coating or plating layer at least on one side between the base steel sheet and the galvanized layer, (d) the galvanized steel sheet further comprising a metal coating or plating layer at least on one side between the base steel sheet and the galvanized layer, the metal coating or plating layer being an Fe-based coating or plating layer, and (e) the galvanized layer being a hot-dip galvanized layer or a galvannealed layer.

4 - 7 . (canceled)

8 . A member made using the galvanized steel sheet according to claim 1 .

9 . A method for manufacturing a galvanized steel sheet, the method comprising:
hot rolling a steel slab having the chemical composition according to claim 1 to produce a hot-rolled steel sheet; cold rolling the hot-rolled steel sheet to produce a cold-rolled steel sheet; annealing the cold-rolled steel sheet at an annealing temperature of 760° C. or more and 900° C. or less for an annealing time of 20 s or more; cooling the cold-rolled steel sheet to a first cooling stop temperature of 300° C. or more and 550° C. or less; holding the cold-rolled steel sheet at a temperature range of 300° C. or more and 550° C. or less for 3 s or more to 600 s or less; coating the cold-rolled steel sheet by a galvanizing treatment to produce a galvanized steel sheet; cooling the galvanized steel sheet to a second cooling stop temperature of −20° C. or more and less than 300° C.; and reheating the galvanized steel sheet to a reheating temperature of 300° C. or more and 500° C. or less, and holding the galvanized steel sheet at a temperature range of 300° C. or more and 500° C. or less for 10 s or more to 2,000 s or less, wherein a relationship between the first cooling stop temperature and a temperature of a galvanizing bath in the galvanizing treatment satisfies the following Formula (1),

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80

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°
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C
.

≤

T
0

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T
1

≤

50
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(
1
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where T 0 is the first cooling stop temperature (° C.) and T 1 is the temperature of the galvanizing bath in the galvanizing treatment (° C.).

10 . The method for manufacturing a galvanized steel sheet according to claim 9 , wherein a dew point of the annealing is more than −30° C.

11 . The method for manufacturing a galvanized steel sheet according to claim 9 , wherein the method satisfies at least one selected from following (f), (g) and (h),
(f) the method further comprising applying a metal coating or plating treatment after the cold rolling, before the annealing, forming a metal coating or plating layer on at least one surface of the cold-rolled steel sheet, (g) the method further comprising applying a metal coating or plating treatment after the cold rolling, before the annealing, forming a metal coating or plating layer on at least one surface of the cold-rolled steel sheet and the metal coating or plating layer being an Fe-based coating or plating layer, and (h) the galvanizing treatment being a hot-dip galvanizing treatment or a galvannealing treatment.

12 - 13 . (canceled)

14 . A method for manufacturing a member, wherein at least one of forming or joining is applied to the galvanized steel sheet according to claim 1 to manufacture the member.

15 . The galvanized steel sheet according to claim 2 , wherein the galvanized steel sheet satisfies at least one selected from following (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e),
(a) an amount of diffusible hydrogen of the base steel sheet being 0.50 mass ppm or less, (b) the galvanized steel sheet further comprising a decarburized layer, (c) the galvanized steel sheet further comprising a metal coati

Assignees

• Jfe Steel Corp

Inventors

• HIGUCHI Sho
• Kawasaki Yoshiyasu
• Nakagaito Tatsuya
• Yamashita Takako
• Kanazawa Tomomi
• Yamamoto Shunsuke

Classifications

• C21D8/02

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

• C21D2211/002

  Bainite · CPC title

• C23C2/06

  Zinc or cadmium or alloys based thereon · CPC title

• C22C38/06

  containing aluminium · CPC title

• C22C38/02 Primary

  containing silicon · CPC title