A method for producing a coated steel sheet having a tensile strength TS of at least 1450 MPa and a total elongation TE of at least 17% includes the successive steps of providing a cold rolled steel sheet made of a steel having a chemical composition comprising, in weight %: 0.34%≤C≤0.45%, 1.50%≤Mn≤2.30%, 1.50≤Si≤2.40%, 0%<Cr≤0.7%, 0%≤Mo≤0.3%, 0.10%≤Al≤0.7%, and optionally 0%≤Nb≤0.05%, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities, annealing the cold-rolled steel sheet at an annealing temperature AT higher than the Ac3 transformation point of the steel, quenching the annealed steel sheet by cooling it down to a quenching temperature QT lower than the Ms transformation point of the steel and comprised between 150° C. and 250° C., and reheating the quenched steel sheet to a partitioning temperature PT between 350° C. and 450° C. and maintaining the steel sheet at the partitioning temperature PT for a partitioning time Pt of at least 80 s, and coating the steel sheet by galvannealing, with an alloying temperature GAT comprised between 470° C. and 520° C.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provides an aluminum alloy-plated steel sheet having high surface quality and weldability, a hot-formed member, and methods for manufacturing the aluminum alloy-plated steel sheet and the hot-formed member. The aluminum alloy-plated steel sheet includes: a base steel sheet; and an aluminum alloy plating layer formed on the base steel sheet, wherein the aluminum alloy plating layer includes, by weight %, Zn: 21% to 35%, Si: 1% to 6.9%, Fe: 2% to 12%, and the balance of Al and inevitable impurities.

A spot welded joint of at least two steel sheets is provided. At least one of the steel sheets presents yield strength above or equal to 600 MPa, an ultimate tensile strength above or equal to 1000 MPa, uniform elongation above or equal to 15%. The base metal chemical composition includes 0.05≤C≤0.21%, 4.0≤Mn≤7.0%, 0.5≤Al≤3.5%, Si≤2.0%, Ti≤0.2%, V≤0.2%, Nb≤0.2%, P≤0.025%, B≤0.0035%, and the spot welded joint contains a molten zone microstructure containing more than 0.5% of Al and containing a surface fraction of segregated areas lower than 1%, said segregated areas being zones larger than 20 μm.sup.2 and containing more than the steel nominal phosphorus content.

A method of colorizing stainless steel strip involves the continuous surface treatment of stainless steel strip with aqueous suspensions of rare earth oxide nano or micro particles or aqueous rare earth nitrate solutions of nano or micro particles. The surface treatment can be applied by roll coating, spraying or other conventional application techniques. The coated strip is then continuously annealed. The surface treatment can provide a variety of colors. It also improves corrosion resistance of the processed stainless steel strip. Steel strip treated in this manner is suitable for a variety of applications in the building systems, automotive and appliance markets.

This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in which in a case where the thickness is denoted by t, a metallographic structure at a t/4 position from the surface includes, by area fraction, 77.0% to 97.0% of bainite or tempered martensite, 0% to 5.0% of ferrite, 0% to 5.0% of pearlite, 3.0% or more of residual austenite, and 0% to 10.0% of martensite, in the metallographic structure, the average grain size excluding the residual austenite is 7.0 μm or less, the average number density of iron-based carbides having a diameter of 20 nm or more is 1.0×10.sup.6 carbides/mm.sup.2 or more, a tensile strength is 980 MPa or more, and an average Ni concentration on the surface is 7.0% or more.

A hot pressed member disclosed herein includes: a base steel sheet; a Fe—Zn—Al—Mg-based alloy coated layer containing an α-Fe phase and a Γ phase and formed on at least one surface of the base steel sheet; and an oxide layer containing Zn, Al, and Mg and formed on the Fe—Zn—Al—Mg-based alloy coated layer, in which a ratio of I.sub.Γ/I.sub.α is 0.5 or less when measured by X-ray diffraction using a Co-Kα (wavelength: 1.79021 Å) radiation source at an incident angle of 25°, where IF is an intensity of a diffraction peak of (411) plane of the Γ phase present in an angular range of 41.5°≤2θ≤43.0° and I.sub.α is an intensity of a diffraction peak of (110) plane of the α-Fe phase present in an angular range of 51.0°≤2θ≤52.0°, and a sum of Al and Mg concentrations in the oxide layer is 28 atomic % or more.

The present invention relates to a cold-rolled steel sheet comprising: a base steel sheet; and a nickel or nickel alloy coating layer formed on the base steel sheet, wherein the adhesion amount of the nickel or nickel alloy is 50 mg/m.sup.2 or less.

According to the present invention, provided are a high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet and a manufacturing for manufacturing same. In the high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet, a metal layer is coated on a cold-rolled steel sheet to a thickness of nanometers, followed by annealing, thereby suppressing the formation of oxides of Si, Mn, and the like on the surface of the steel sheet to within a range in which the elution of Fe is not suppressed, and thus the high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet has improved phosphatability.

The present invention provides a steel sheet having excellent wear resistance and composite corrosion resistance, and a method for manufacturing same.

A corrosion-resistant steel sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises, in wt %: 0.04 to 0.10% of carbon (C); 0.1% or less (excluding 0%) of silicon (Si); 0.20 to 0.35% of copper (Cu); 0.1% to 0.2% of nickel (Ni); 0.05 to 0.15% of antimony (Sb); 0.07 to 0.22% of tin (Sn); 0.05 to 0.15% of titanium (Ti); 0.01% or less (excluding 0%) of sulfur (S); 0.005% or less (excluding 0%) of nitrogen (N); the remainder iron (Fe); and unavoidable impurities, and satisfies formulas 1 and 2 below:

[Ni]/[Cu]≥0.5  [Formula 1]

48×([Ti]/48−[S]/32−[N]/14)≥0.04  [Formula 2] wherein, in formulas 1 and 2, [Ni], [Cu], [Ti], [S], and [N] represent contents (wt %) of Ni, Cu, Ti, S, and N contained in the steel sheet, respectively.

A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: by weight %, 2.0-4.0% of Si, 0.04-0.2% of Mn, 0.010% or less (exclusive of 0%) of N, 0.01-0.05% of Sb, 0.005% or less (exclusive of 0%) of C, 0.03-0.08% of Sn, 0.01-0.2% of Cr, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities; and precipitates which have an average particle size of 5-50 nm and contain at least one of AIN, (Al, Si)N, (Al, Si, Mn)N, Mns, and CuS.

A steel sheet with excellent surface quality, and a manufacturing method therefor are provided. The present invention provides a pickled steel sheet with excellent surface quality, comprising, by wt %, carbon (C) in an amount greater than or equal to 0.05% and less than 0.4%, 0.5% or less of silicon (Si) (excluding 0%), 0.05% or less of phosphorus (P), 0.03% or less of sulfur (S), 0.01% or less of boron (B), 0.1-2.5% of manganese (Mn) and/or chromium (Cr), and the balance of iron (Fe) and inevitable impurities, wherein the average thickness of an internal oxide layer and/or a tantalum layer, which are formed on the surface layer of the steel sheet, is 1-10 μm, and the standard deviation of the thickness of the internal oxide layer and/or the tantalum layer in the length direction of the steel sheet is 2 μm or less.