Provided is a steel sheet comprising a sheet thickness center part and a first surface layer softened part and a second surface layer softened part respectively arranged at two sides of the sheet thickness center part, wherein the first surface layer softened part and second surface layer softened part have 10 μm or more average thicknesses and have average Vickers hardnesses of 0.90 time or less of the average Vickers hardness of a sheet thickness ½ position, and the first surface layer softened part has an average Vickers hardness of 1.05 times or more the average Vickers hardness of the second surface layer softened part.

A press hardened coated steel part with high resistance to delayed fracture, the coating containing (Fe.sub.x—Al.sub.y) intermetallic compounds resulting from the diffusion of iron into an aluminum or an aluminum-based alloy, or an aluminum alloy of a precoating, wherein the chemical composition of the steel includes, in weight: 0.16%≤C≤0.42%, 0.1%≤Mn≤3%, 0.07%≤Si≤1.60%, 0.002%≤Al≤0.070%, 0.02%≤Cr≤1.0%, 0.0005≤B≤0.005%, 0.002%≤Mg≤0.007%, 0.002%≤Ti≤0.11%, 0.0008%≤O≤0.005%, wherein (Ti)×(O).sup.2×10.sup.7≤2, 0.001%≤N≤0.007%, 0.001%≤S≤0.005%, 0.001%≤P≤0.025% and optionally one or more elements selected from the list of: 0.005%≤Ni≤0.23%, 0.005%≤Nb≤0.060%, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and wherein the microstructure includes at least 95% martensite.

A process for manufacturing a press hardened steel part is provided. The steel of the part has a chemical composition including, in weight: 0.062%≤C≤0.095%, 1.4%≤Mn≤1.9%, 0.2%≤Si≤0.5%, 0.020%≤Al≤0.070%, 0.02%≤Cr≤0.1%, wherein: 1.5%≤(C+Mn+Si+Cr)≤2.7%, 0.040%≤Nb≤0.060%, 3.4×N≤Ti≤8×N wherein: 0.044%≤(Nb+Ti)≤0.090%, 0.0005≤B≤0.004%, 0.001%≤N≤0.009%, 0.0005%≤S≤0.003%, 0.001%≤P≤0.020%, optionally: 0.0001%≤Ca≤0.003%, and the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The process includes hot forming the heated blank in the forming press so as to obtain a formed part and cooling the formed part at a cooling rate CR1 between 40 and 360°C/s in a temperature range from 750 to 450°C. and at a cooling rate CR2 between 15 to 150°C/s in a temperature range from 450°C to 250°C. wherein CR2<CR1.

The invention relates to a method for rolling a metal product (1), wherein the metal product is subjected to a rolling operation at a first station (2), which rolling operation is controlled by a control device (3), wherein the product (1) is subject to a measurement at a second station (4), wherein the product (1) is subjected to a further processing operation at a third station (6), and wherein the product (1) is in a specified quality at a fourth station (7). In order to increase the quality of the produced strip, the invention provides that the method has the following steps: a) measuring the value of a material property (IW) that the second station (4); b) feeding the value measured at the second station (4) to the control device (3), comparing the measured value with a value (SW) stored in the control device (3), and adjusting a parameter (PPI) if the measured value deviates from the stored value (SW), e) measuring a value of a quality material property (Q) at the fourth station (7); d) comparing the measured value with a stored value, and initiating a measure to influence the quality material property (Q) if the measured value deviates from the stored value beyond a permissible tolerance.

Disclosed is a multi-layer composite cold-rolled steel plate, provided with an upper surface layer, a lower surface layer and at least one interlayer between the upper surface layer and the lower surface layer in the thickness direction of the steel plate, wherein the phase proportion of austenite in the microstructure of the upper surface layer and the lower surface layer is ≥95%, and the at least one interlayer comprises at least one first interlayer, with the phase proportion of martensite in the microstructure of the first interlayer being ≥85%. In addition, further disclosed is a method for manufacturing the multi-layer composite cold-rolled steel plate above, the method comprising the steps of: (1) preparing billets for various layers and assembling the billets; (2) rolling; (3) acid pickling and cold-rolling; (4) annealing, involving: controlling the annealing temperature to be 830-890° C., then cooling to 700-800° C. at a rate of 3-15° C./s, and then water-cooling until the steel plate temperature is below 100° C.; and (5) acid pickling the steel plate and then heating same to 180-240° C. for tempering, with the tempering time being 200-600 s. The multi-layer composite cold-rolled steel plate of the present invention has the characteristics of a high strength, a high formability and resistance to delayed cracking.

Disclosed is an electro-galvanized super-strength dual-phase steel resistant to delayed cracking. A matrix structure thereof is ferrite+tempered martensite and the steel contains the following chemical elements in the following mass percentages: C:0.07-0.1%, Si: 0.05-0.3%, Mn: 2.0-2.6%, Cr: 0.2-0.6%, Mo: 0.1-0.25%, Al: 0.02-0.05%, Nb: 0.02-0.04%, and V: 0.06-0.2%. Also disclosed is a method for manufacturing the electro-galvanized super-strength dual-phase steel resistant to delayed cracking, the method comprising the steps of: smelting and continuous casting, hot rolling, cold rolling, annealing, tempering, leveling and electroplating. The electro-galvanized super-strength dual-phase steel resistant to delayed cracking according to the present invention not only has better mechanical properties, but also has excellent delayed cracking resistance and low initial hydrogen content.

The metal plate includes a plurality of pits located on the surface of the metal plate. The manufacturing method for a metal plate for use in manufacturing of a deposition mask includes an inspection step of determining a quality of the metal plate based on a sum of volumes of a plurality of pits located at a portion of the surface of the metal plate.

A galvanized steel sheet includes: a steel sheet having a chemical composition satisfying an equivalent carbon content Ceq of 0.35% or more and less than 0.60%, and a specified steel microstructure; and a galvanized layer on a surface of the steel sheet. The retained austenite has a solute C content of 0.6% or more by mass, and retained austenite grains with an aspect ratio of less than 2.0 constitute 50% or more of all retained austenite grains. In 90-degree bending at a curvature radius/thickness ratio of 4.2 in a rolling (L) direction with respect to an axis extending in a width (C) direction, an L cross section in a 0 to 50 μm region from a surface of the steel sheet on a compression side has a number density of voids of 1000/mm.sup.2 or less, and the galvanized steel sheet has a tensile strength of 590 MPa or more.

A ferritic stainless steel sheet comprises a chemical composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.030% or less, Si: 1.0% or less, Mn: 1.0% or less, P: 0.040% or less, S: 0.010% or less, Cr: 11.0% to 30.0%, Al: 8.0% to 20.0%, Ni: 0.05% to 0.50%, Mo: 0.01% to 6.0%, N: 0.020% or less, and at least one selected from the group consisting of Zr: 0.01% to 0.20% and Hf: 0.01% to 0.20%, with a balance consisting of Fe and inevitable impurities.

A 980 MPa-grade ultra-low-carbon martensite and retained austenite ultra-high hole expansion steel and a manufacturing method therefor. The hole expansion steel comprises the following chemical components in percentage by weight: C 0.03%-0.06%, Si 0.8%-2.0%, Mn 1.0%-2.0%, P≤0.02%, S≤0.003%, Al 0.02%-0.08%, N≤0.004%, Mo 0.1%-0.5%, Ti 0.01%-0.05%, and O≤0.0030%. The high hole expansion steel of the present invention has the yield strength ≥800 MPa, the tensile strength ≥980 MPa, the elongation rate (horizontal A50≥10%), the cold bending property (d≤4a, 180°), and the hole expansion ratio ≥80%, and can be applied to a chassis part of a passenger vehicle such as a control arm, an auxiliary frame and other parts that require high-strength thinning.