High strength steel sheet having excellent formability and stability of mechanical properties and method for manufacturing the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9758848-B2
Application number	US-201214113397-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 20, 2012
Priority date	Apr 25, 2011
Publication date	Sep 12, 2017
Grant date	Sep 12, 2017

Abstract

A high strength steel sheet including, by mass, C: 0.03% or more and 0.25% or less, Si: 0.4% or more and 2.5% or less, Mn: 3.5% or more and 10.0% or less, P: 0.1% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Al: 0.01% or more and 2.5% or less, N: 0.008% or less, Si+Al: 1.0% or more, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities. The area ratio of ferrite is 30% or more and 80% or less, the area ratio of martensite is 0% or more and 17% or less, the volume fraction of retained austenite is 8% or more, and the average grain size of retained austenite is 2 μm or less.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A high strength steel sheet having excellent formability and stability of mechanical properties, the steel sheet having a composition including, by mass, C: 0.03% or more and 0.25% or less, Si: 1.01% or more and 2.5% or less, Mn: 4.22% or more and 10.0% or less, P: 0.1% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Al: 0.01% or more and 2.5% or less, N: 0.008% or less, Si+Al: 1.0% or more, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein the steel sheet has a steel microstructure comprising an area ratio of ferrite: 30% or more and 80% or less, an area ratio of martensite: 0% or more and 17% or less and a volume fraction of retained austenite: 8% or more, an average grain size of the retained austenite is 2μm or less, and
an area ratio of tempered martensite: 5% or more.

2. The high strength steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the composition further comprises, by mass, at least one element selected from the group consisting of Cr: 0.05% or more and 1.0% or less, V: 0.005% or more and 0.5% or less, Mo: 0.005% or more and 0.5% or less, Ni: 0.05% or more and 1.0% or less, and Cu: 0.05% or more and 1.0% or less.

3. The high strength steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the composition further comprises, by mass, at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ti: 0.01% or more and 0.1% or less, Nb: 0.01% or more and 0.1% or less, and B: 0.0003% or more and 0.0050% or less.

4. The high strength steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the composition further comprises, by mass, at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ca: 0.001% or more and 0.005% or less and REM: 0.001% or more and 0.005% or less.

5. The high strength steel sheet according to claim 1 , further comprising a zinc-based coating on a surface of the steel sheet.

6. The high strength steel sheet according to claim 5 , wherein the zinc-based coating is a hot-dip galvanized coating or an alloyed hot-dip galvanized coating.

7. The high strength steel sheet according to claim 1 , further comprising an aluminium-based coating on a surface of the steel sheet.

8. A method of manufacturing a high strength steel sheet comprising:
hot-rolling a steel slab having the composition according to claim 1 ;
performing pickling;
optionally performing cold-rolling;
subsequently performing holding at a temperature of Ac 1 transformation point+10° C. to Ac 1 transformation point+(Ac 3 transformation point−Ac 1 transformation point)/2 for 30 seconds or more;
performing cooling to room temperature; and
optionally performing a tempering treatment at a temperature of room temperature to 500° C. under a condition:
exp[160/(580− T )]×ln( t )≦20

wherein,
T: Average holding temperature (° C.) in a range of room temperature to 500° C.
t: Holding time (s) in a range of room temperature to 500° C.
exp(X) and ln(X) are an exponential function of X and a natural logarithm of X, respectively.

9. A method of manufacturing a high strength steel sheet according to claim 1 comprising:
hot-rolling a steel slab having the composition;
perfoll ing pickling;
optionally performing cold-rolling;
subsequently performing holding at a temperature of Ac 1 transformation point+10° C. to Ac 1 transformation point+(Ac 3 transformation point−Ac 1 transformation point)/2 for 30 seconds or more;
performing cooling; and
performing a hot-dip galvanizing treatment.

10. A method of manufacturing a high strength steel sheet according to claim 1 comprising:
hot-rolling a steel slab having the composition;
performing pickling;
optionally performing cold-rolling;
subsequently performing holding at a temperature of Ac 1 transformation point+10° C. to Ac 1 transformation point+(Ac 3 transformation point−Ac 1 transformation point)/2 for 30 seconds or more;
performing cooling;
performing a hot-dip galvanizing treatment; and
performing an alloying treatment of a galvanized coating at 470° C. to 600° C.

11. A method of manufacturing a high strength steel according to claim 1 sheet comprising:
hot-rolling a steel slab having the composition;
performing pickling;
optionally performing cold-rolling;
subsequently performing holding at a temperature of Ac 1 transformation point+10° C. to Ac 1 transformation point+(Ac 3 transformation point−Ac 1 transformation point)/2 for 30 seconds or more;
performing cooling; and
performing a hot-dip aluminium-plating treatment.

12. The high strength steel sheet according to claim 2 , wherein the composition further comprises, by mass, at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ti: 0.01% or more and 0.1% or less, Nb: 0.01% or more and 0.1% or less, and B: 0.0003% or more and 0.0050% or less.

13. The high strength steel sheet according to claim 2 , wherein the composition further comprises, by mass, at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ca: 0.001% or more and 0.005% or less and REM: 0.001% or more and 0.005% or less.

14. The high strength steel sheet according to claim 3 , wherein the composition further comprises, by mass, at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ca: 0.001% or more and 0.005% or less and REM: 0.001% or more and 0.005% or less.

15. The high strength steel sheet according to claim 2 , further comprising a zinc-based coating on a surface of the steel sheet.

16. The high strength steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein a volume fraction of retained austenite is 11% or more.

17. The high strength steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein TS variation per 20° C. of annealing temperature (ΔTS/Δ20° C.) is 80 MPa or less.

18. The high strength steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein TS variation per 20° C. of annealing temperature (ΔTS/Δ20° C.) is 50 MPa or less.

19. The high strength steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein TS×El is 26784 MPa % or more.

20. The high strength steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein TS is 980 MPa or more.

21. The high strength steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein Al is 0.5% or more and 2.5% or less.

22. The high strength steel sheet according to claim 12 , wherein the composition further comprises, by mass, at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ca: 0.001% or more and 0.005% or less and REM: 0.001% or more and 0.005% or less.

Assignees

• Kawasaki Yoshiyasu
• Hasegawa Hiroshi
• Kaneko Shinjiro
• Nagataki Yasunobu
• Jfe Steel Corp

Inventors

• Kawasaki Yoshiyasu
• Hasegawa Hiroshi
• Kaneko Shinjiro
• Nagataki Yasunobu

Classifications

• C22C38/06

  containing aluminium · CPC title

• C22C38/14

  containing titanium or zirconium · CPC title

• C22C38/005

  containing rare earths, i.e. Sc, Y, Lanthanides · CPC title

• C21D2211/001

  Austenite · CPC title

• C22C38/12

  containing tungsten, tantalum, molybdenum, vanadium, or niobium · CPC title