C21D8/0205

Cold-rolled steel sheet having excellent high-temperature properties and room-temperature workability
11578379 · 2023-02-14 · ·

The present disclosure provides a cold-rolled steel sheet having excellent high-temperature properties and room-temperature workability, including, by weight: carbon (C): 0.0005 to 0.003%, manganese (Mn): 0.20 to 0.50%, aluminum (Al): 0.01 to 0.10%, phosphorus (P): 0.003 to 0.020%, nitrogen (N): 0.0005 to 0.004%, sulfur (S): 0.015% or less, niobium (Nb): 0.005 to 0.040%, chromium (Cr): 0.10 to 0.50%, tungsten (W): 0.02 to 0.07%, and a balance of iron (Fe) and other inevitable impurities, wherein C, Nb, and W satisfy the following relationship 1, a microstructure comprises 95 area % or more of polygonal ferrite and 5 area % or less of acicular ferrite, and the cold-rolled steel sheet comprises (Nb,W)C-based precipitates having an average size of 0.005 to 0.10 μm and a method for manufacturing the same:
0.00025≤(2×Nb/93)×(W/184)/(C/12)≤0.0015  [Relationship 1]
where, C, Nb, and W are in weight %.

Nickel-containing steel for low temperature

A Ni steel has a chemical composition within a predetermined range, in which a metallographic structure of a thickness middle portion contains 2.0 vol % to 20.0 vol % of an austenite phase, an average grain size of prior austenite grains is 3.0 μm to 12.0 μm, an average aspect ratio of the prior austenite grains is 2.6 to 10.0, a plate thickness is 4.5 mm to 20 mm, a yield stress at room temperature is 590 MPa to 710 MPa, and a tensile strength at the room temperature is 690 MPa to 810 MPa, when the plate thickness is more than 16 mm, the Ni steel contains Ni: 11.5% or more, and when the plate thickness is 16 mm or less and the Ni steel contains Ni: less than 11.5%, the average grain size of the prior austenite grains is 6.0 μm or less.

Steel for pressure vessels having excellent resistance to hydrogen induced cracking and manufacturing method thereof
11578376 · 2023-02-14 · ·

The present disclosure relates to a steel for pressure vessels used in a hydrogen sulfide atmosphere, and relates to a steel material for pressure vessels having excellent resistance to hydrogen induced cracking (HIC) and a manufacturing method thereof.

Ultrahigh-strength hot-rolled steel sheet and steel strip having good fatigue and reaming properties and manufacturing method therefor

An ultra-high-strength hot-rolled steel plate and steel strip having good fatigue and reaming properties and a manufacturing method therefor. The weight percentages of the components of the steel plate and the steel strip are: C: 0.07-0.14%, Si: 0.1-0.4%, Mn: 1.55-2.00%, P≤0.015%, S≤0.004%, Al: 0.01-0.05%, N≤0.005%, Cr: 0.15-0.50%, V: 0.1-0.35%, Nb: 0.01%-0.06%, Mo: 0.15-0.50%, Ti≤0.02%, and the balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities. Such components need to meet: 1.0≤[(Cr/52)/(C/4)+(Nb/93+Ti/48+V/51+Mo/96)/(C/12)]≤1.6. The tensile strength of the ultrahigh-strength hot-rolled steel plate and steel strip is ≥780 MPa, the yield strength thereof is ≥660 MPa, the tensile fatigue limit (10 million cycles) FL thereof is ≥570 MPa, or the fatigue limit to tensile strength FL/Rm thereof is ≥0.72. The reaming rate meets: if an original hole is a punched hole, the reaming rate thereof is >85%; and if the original hole is a reamed hole, the reaming rate thereof is >120%.

Production method for high-strength steel sheet
11578381 · 2023-02-14 · ·

A production method for a high-strength steel sheet having a tensile strength TS of 780 MPa or more is provided. The production method comprises: heating a steel slab having a predetermined chemical composition; hotrolling the steel slab; coiling the hot-rolled sheet; subjecting the hot-rolled sheet to pickling treatment; holding the hot-rolled sheet in a pre-determined temperature range for predetermined time; cold rolling the hot-rolled sheet to obtain a cold-rolled sheet; subjecting the cold-rolled sheet to first annealing treatment; cooling the cold-rolled sheet at a pre-determined average cooling rate; cooling the cold-rolled sheet to room temperature; reheating the clod-rolled sheet to perform second annealing treatment; cooling the cold-rolled sheet at a first average cooling rate; cooling the cold-rolled sheet at a second average cooling rate; reheating the cold-rolled sheet to a predetermined reheating temperature range; and holding the cold-rolled sheet in the reheating temperature range.

High-strength high-toughness hot-rolled steel sheet and manufacturing method therefor
11578392 · 2023-02-14 · ·

A preferable aspect of the present invention provides a high-strength high-toughness hot-rolled steel sheet and a manufacturing method therefor, wherein the hot-rolled steel sheet contains, by weight, 0.07-0.13% C, 0.20-0.50% Si, 0.5-0.9% Mn, 0.03% or less P, 0.02% or less S, 0.005-0.03% Nb, 0.3-0.6% Cr, 0.005-0.03% Ti, 0.1-0.35% Cu, 0.05-0.3% Ni, 0.01-0.15% Mo, 0.007% or less N, 0.001-0.006% Ca, 0.01-0.05% Al, and the balance Fe and other unavoidable impurities, the alloy elements satisfying the following relational formulas [Relational formula 1] 1.6≤(Mo/96)/(P/31)≤6, [Relational formula 2] 1.6≤(Ca/S)≤3, and [Relational formula 3] 3.5≤(3*C/12+Mn/55)*100≤5; wherein a microstructure comprises, by area fraction, 85% or more of polygonal ferrite and 15% or less of pearlite, the crystal grain size of the polygonal ferrite being 10 μm or less; and wherein a variation in yield strength in a width direction is 35 MPa or lower.

HOT-STAMPING FORMED BODY

A hot-stamping formed body has a predetermined chemical composition and includes microstructure which includes residual austenite of which an area ratio is in a range of 20% to 30%. Among grain boundaries of crystal grains of bainite and tempered martensite in the microstructure, a ratio of a length of a grain boundary having a rotation angle in a range of 55° to 75° to a total length of a grain boundary having a rotation angle in a range of 4° to 12°, a grain boundary having a rotation angle in a range of 49° to 54°, and a grain boundary having a rotation angle in a range of 55° to 75° to the <011> direction as a rotation axis is 30% or more.

STEEL SHEET FOR CAN AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
20230039571 · 2023-02-09 · ·

This steel sheet for a can is a steel sheet for a can containing, by mass %, C: 0.010% to 0.050%, Si: 0.020% or less, Mn: 0.10% to 0.60%, P: 0.020% or less, S: 0.020% or less, Al: 0.050% or less, N: 0.0100% or less, Nb: 0% to 0.03%, Ti: 0% to 0.03%, B: 0% to 0.0020%, and a remainder including Fe and an impurity, in which, when the number of carbides having an equivalent circle diameter of 2 μm or more and 5 μm or less is indicated by a, and the number of carbides having an equivalent circle diameter of 0.1 μm or more and less than 2 μm is indicated by b, a/b satisfies a range of the following formula (1), a fracture strain is 1.6 or more, and a sheet thickness is 0.10 to 0.30 mm.


a/b<0.12  (1)

HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME

A hot-rolled steel sheet has, as a chemical composition, by mass %: C: 0.01% to 0.30%; Si: 0.01% to 3.00%; Mn: 0.20% to 3.00%; P: 0.030% or less; S: 0.030% or less; Al: 0.001% to 2.000%; N: 0.0100% or less; and Ni: 0.02% to 0.50%, in which among measurement points at which elemental analysis is performed at a measurement pitch of 1 μm using an EPMA in a region of 250 μm×250 μm on a surface, the percentage of measurement points having a Ni content of 0.5 mass % or more is 10% to 70%.

STEEL SHEET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME

A steel sheet includes a predetermined composition, in which a microstructure at a ¼ thickness position from a surface in a sheet thickness direction includes, by vol %, ferrite: 80% or more, martensite: 2% or less, and residual austenite: 2% or less, a proportion of unrecrystallized ferrite in the ferrite of 5% or less, and in the microstructure of the steel sheet stretched by 10% at the ¼ thickness position from the surface in the sheet thickness direction, a number density of voids having a maximum diameter of 1.0 μm or more is 1.0×10.sup.9 pieces/m.sup.2 or less.