A hot stamped component, includes: a base material; and a Zn-based plating layer provided in contact with the base material as an upper layer of the base material and containing Zn and Ni. A region of the Zn-based plating layer on a base material side is a Fe—Zn solid solution containing Ni, and two or more twins exist in 10 crystal grains of the Fe—Zn solid solution containing Ni adjacent to an interface between the base material and the Zn-based plating layer.

A hot stamped component, includes: a base material; and a Zn-based plating layer provided in contact with the base material as an upper layer of the base material and containing Zn and Ni. A region of the Zn-based plating layer on a base material side is a Fe—Zn solid solution containing Ni, and two or more twins exist in 10 crystal grains of the Fe—Zn solid solution containing Ni adjacent to an interface between the base material and the Zn-based plating layer.

Method of hot press forming an article from zinc or zinc alloy coated steel, wherein the steel is a product obtained by: casting the molten steel into slabs; reheating the slabs; hot rolling the steel into a strip, preferably with an FRT above Ar3; coiling the hot rolled steel strip; pickling the hot rolled steel strip; continuous annealing the strip; hot dip coating the steel strip with the zinc or zinc alloy whilst: using a dipping time of 3 seconds or more; maintaining in the hot dip bath a bath temperature of 420° C. to 500° C.; wherein the zinc bath contains essentially zinc, at least 0.1% Al, and optionally up to 5% Al and optionally up to 4% Mg, the rest of the bath including further elements all individually less than 0.3%, and unavoidable impurities; hot press forming the article.

This hot-dip Zn—Al—Mg-based plated steel includes: a steel; and a plating layer formed on a surface of the steel, in which the plating layer contains, as an average composition, Mg: 1 to 10 mass %, Al: 4 to 22 mass %, and a remainder consisting of Zn and impurities, the plating layer includes an (Al—Zn mixed structure) in an area ratio of 10% to 70% in a cross section of the plating layer in a matrix of an (Al/Zn/MgZn.sub.2 ternary eutectic structure), the (Al—Zn mixed structure) includes a first region that has a Zn concentration in a range of 75 mass % or more and less than 85 mass % and a second region that is present inside the first region and has a Zn concentration in a range of 67 mass % or more and less than 75 mass %, and an area ratio of the second region in the (Al—Zn mixed structure) in the cross section of the plating layer is more than 0% and 40% or less.

Provided are a plated steel sheet and a method for manufacturing same, the plated steel sheet comprising: a base steel sheet; a Zn—Mg—Al based steel sheet plating layer provided on at least one surface of the base steel sheet; and an Fe—Al based inhibition layer provided between the base steel sheet and the Zn—Mg—Al based plating layer, wherein the plating layer comprises, in wt %: 4% or more of Mg; 2.1 times or more of Mg content and 14.2% or less of Al; 0.2% or less (including 0%) of Si; 0.1% or less (including 0%) of Sn; the remainder Zn; and unavoidable impurities.

Provided are a plated steel sheet and a method for manufacturing same, the plated steel sheet comprising: a base steel sheet; a Zn—Mg—Al based steel sheet plating layer provided on at least one surface of the base steel sheet; and an Fe—Al based inhibition layer provided between the base steel sheet and the Zn—Mg—Al based plating layer, wherein the plating layer comprises, in wt %: 4% or more of Mg; 2.1 times or more of Mg content and 14.2% or less of Al; 0.2% or less (including 0%) of Si; 0.1% or less (including 0%) of Sn; the remainder Zn; and unavoidable impurities.

A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet comprises: a chemical composition that contains C, Si, Mn, P, S, N, Al, Ti, Nb, and B with a balance consisting of Fe and inevitable impurities, and satisfies [mol % N]/[mol % Ti]<1; and a steel microstructure in which: an area fraction of ferrite is 30% or more and 60% or less; a total area fraction of tempered martensite and bainite is 35% or more and 65% or less; an area fraction of quenched martensite is 15% or less; an area fraction of retained austenite is 1% or more and 10% or less; an area fraction of low-Mn ferrite having a Mn concentration of 0.8×[% Mn] or less is 5% or more and 40% or less; a result of subtracting the area fraction of the low-Mn ferrite from the area fraction of the ferrite is 10% or more; an area fraction of a residual microstructure is less than 3%; and an average grain size of the low-Mn ferrite is 10 μm or less.

Provided is a plated steel material which can be used for an automobile, a household appliance, a building material, and the like and, more particularly, to a zinc alloy plated steel material having excellent corrosion resistance after being processed and a method for manufacturing the same.

Provided is a plated steel material which can be used for an automobile, a household appliance, a building material, and the like and, more particularly, to a zinc alloy plated steel material having excellent corrosion resistance after being processed and a method for manufacturing the same.

A high-strength galvanized steel sheet includes a steel sheet having a chemical composition containing a predetermined component element, a mass ratio of a content of Si to a content of Mn in the steel (Si/Mn) being 0.1 or more and less than 0.2, and the balance: Fe and incidental impurities, and a steel structure in which an average grain size of inclusions containing at least one of Al, Si, Mg, and Ca and existing in an area extending from a surface to a position of ⅓ of a sheet thickness is 50 μm or less, and an average nearest distance between ones of the inclusions is 20 μm or more; and a galvanized layer provided on a surface of the steel sheet, in which an amount of diffusible hydrogen contained in the steel is less than 0.25 mass ppm, and a tensile strength is 1100 MPa or more.