Galvannealed steel sheet and method of manufacturing the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9725795-B2
Application number	US-201214654762-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 25, 2012
Priority date	Dec 25, 2012
Publication date	Aug 8, 2017
Grant date	Aug 8, 2017

Abstract

A galvannealed steel sheet includes: a steel sheet; a coating layer on a surface of the steel sheet; and a mixed layer formed between the steel sheet and the coating layer, in which the mixed layer includes a base iron portion having fine grains having a size of greater than 0 μm and equal to or smaller than 2 μm, a Zn—Fe alloy phase, and oxides containing one or more types of Mn, Si, Al, and Cr, and in the mixed layer, the oxides and the Zn—Fe alloy phase are present in grain boundaries that form the fine grains and the Zn—Fe alloy phase is tangled with the base iron portion.

[Mn]+[Si]+[Al]+[Cr]≧0.4  (Expression 1)

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A galvannealed steel sheet comprising:
a steel sheet;
a coating layer on a surface of the steel sheet; and
a mixed layer formed between the steel sheet and the coating layer,
wherein the steel sheet contains, in terms of mass %,
C: 0.050% or more and 0.50% or less, and
Mn: 0.01% or more and 3.00% or less,
further contains, in terms of mass%, one type or two or more types of
Si: 0.01% or more and 3.00% or less,
Al: 0.010% or more and 2.00% or less, and
Cr: 0.01% or more and 2.00% or less,
limits amounts of P, S, O, N, Ti, Nb, Mo, Cu, Ni, and B, in terms of mass %, to
P: 0.100% or less,
S: 0.0200% or less,
O: 0.0100% or less,
N: 0.0100% or less,
Ti: 0.150% or less,
Nb: 0.150% or less,
Mo: 1.00% or less,
Cu: 2.00% or less,
Ni: 2.00% or less, and
B: 0.0100% or less,
satisfies [Mn]+[Si]+[Al]+[Cr]≧0.4, wherein the Mn content, the Si content, the Al content, and the Cr content are respectively expressed by [Mn], [Si], [Al], and [Cr] in terms of mass %, and
contains a remainder including Fe and unavoidable impurities,

the coating layer is a galvannealed layer containing, in terms of mass %,
Fe: 7.0% or more and 15.0% or less,
Al: 0.01% or more and 1.00% or less, and
a remainder including Zn and unavoidable impurities,

the mixed layer includes
a base iron portion having fine grains having a size of greater than 0 μm and equal to or smaller than 2 μm,
a Zn—Fe alloy phase, and
oxides containing one or more types of Mn, Si, Al, and Cr, and

in the mixed layer, the oxides and the Zn—Fe alloy phase are present in grain boundaries that form the fine grains, and the Zn—Fe alloy phase is tangled with the base iron portion.

2. The galvannealed steel sheet according to claim 1 ,
wherein an average thickness of the mixed layer in a direction along a through-thickness direction of the steel sheet is 10 μm or smaller.

3. The galvannealed steel sheet according to claim 1 ,
wherein the Zn—Fe alloy phase in the mixed layer has a shape that protrudes in a V-shape toward a thickness center of the steel sheet from the coating layer when viewed in a cross-section in the through-thickness direction of the steel sheet.

4. The galvannealed steel sheet according to claim 1 ,
wherein, when 10 or more visual fields of the mixed layer are observed along an interface between the mixed layer and the coating layer by using a scanning electron microscope at a magnification of 5,000-fold so that a length of each visual field in a direction along the interface is 25 μm, the fine grains having the grain boundaries in which the Zn—Fe alloy phase is present in the mixed layer are observed in 20% or greater of the entirety of the observed visual fields.

5. The galvannealed steel sheet according to claim 1 ,
wherein the Zn—Fe alloy phase in the mixed layer is generated by a reaction between Zn infiltrating from the coating layer during a galvannealing and Fe in the steel sheet.

6. The galvannealed steel sheet according to claim 1 ,
wherein a surface layer region on the coating layer, which is a region of 1μm or smaller from the surface of the coating layer, is a Zn—Fe alloy phase which contains a ζ phase that does not contain said oxides containing one or more types of Mn, Si, Al and Cr.

7. The galvannealed steel sheet according to claim 6 ,
wherein an average thickness of the mixed layer in a direction along a through-thickness direction of the steel sheet is 10 μm or smaller.

8. The galvannealed steel sheet according to claim 6 ,
wherein the Zn—Fe alloy phase in the mixed layer has a shape that protrudes in a V-shape toward a thickness center of the steel sheet from the coating layer when viewed in a cross-section in the through-thickness direction of the steel sheet.

9. The galvannealed steel sheet according to claim 6 ,
wherein, when 10 or more visual fields of the mixed layer are observed along an interface between the mixed layer and the coating layer by using a scanning electron microscope at a magnification of 5,000-fold so that a length of each visual field in a direction along the interface is 25 μm, the fine grains having the grain boundaries in which the Zn—Fe alloy phase is present in the mixed layer are observed in 20% or greater of the entirety of the observed visual fields.

10. The galvannealed steel sheet according to claim 6 ,
wherein the Zn—Fe alloy phase in the mixed layer is generated by a reaction between Zn infiltrating from the coating layer during a galvannealing and Fe in the steel sheet.

11. A method for manufacturing the galvannealed steel sheet of claim 1 , the method comprising:
a first temperature rising process of heating the steel sheet in an atmosphere which contains 0.1 vol. % or more and 50 vol. % or less of hydrogen and a remainder including nitrogen and unavoidable impurities and has a dew point of higher than −30° C. and equal to or lower than 20° C. at a first temperature rising rate of 0.2° C./sec or higher and 6° C./sec or lower, which is an average temperature rising rate between 650° C. and 740° C.;
a second temperature rising process of heating the steel sheet from 740° C. to an annealing temperature of 750° C. or higher and 900° C. or lower in the atmosphere same as that of the first temperature rising process, after the first temperature rising process;
an annealing process of allowing the steel sheet to be retained in the atmosphere same as that of the second temperature rising process at the annealing temperature for 30 seconds or longer and 300 seconds or shorter, after the second temperature rising process;
a cooling process of cooling the steel sheet after the annealing process; and
a galvannealing process comprising of;
a plating process of performing hot dip zinc plating on the steel sheet after the cooling process and
a heating process of performing a heating on the steel sheet at a temperature of 420° C. to 550° C. after the plating process.

12. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
a heavy duty grinding process of performing a heavy duty grinding under a condition of a grinding amount of 0.01 g/m 2 to 3.00 g/m 2 before the first temperature rising process.

13. The method according to claim 11 ,
wherein an average cooling rate between 740° C. and 650° C. in the cooling process is 0.5° C./sec or higher.

14. The method according to claim 11 ,
wherein the annealing process is performed in a radiant tube furnace of a continuous hot dip coating facility.

15. The method according to claim 11 ,
wherein the steel sheet is immersed in a molten zinc bath which contains 0.01% or more and 1.00% or less of Al and has a bath temperature of 430° C. or higher and 500° C. or lower in the plating process.

16. The method according to claim 11 ,
wherein, in the heating process, an average temperature rising rate between 420° C. and 460° C. is 20° C./sec or higher and 100° C./sec or lower, and
an average temperature rising rate from 460° C. to 550° C. is 2° C./sec or higher and 40° C./sec or lower.

17. The method according to claim 11 ,
wherein the temperature in the heating process is 420° C. or higher and 500° C. or lower.

18. The method according to claim 17 , further comprising:
a heavy duty grinding process of performing a heavy duty grinding under a condition of a grinding amount of 0.01 g/m 2 to 3.00 g/m 2 before the first temperature rising process.

19. The method according to claim 17 ,
wherein the steel sheet is immersed in a molten zinc bath which contains 0.01% or more and 1.00% or les

Assignees

• Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp

Inventors

• Yasui Takeshi
• Akiba Kojiro
• Ishizuka Kiyokazu
• Tanaka Koki

Classifications

• C22C38/04

  containing manganese · CPC title

• C22C38/002

  containing In, Mg, or other elements not provided for in one single group C22C38/001 - C22C38/60 · CPC title

• Y10T428/12799

  Next to Fe-base component [e.g., galvanized] · CPC title

• Y10T428/265

  1 mil or less · CPC title

• C23C28/322

  only coatings of metal elements only · CPC title