Provided is a rail that is effective in improving wear resistance and rolling contact fatigue (RCF) resistance. The rail has a metallic structure including a pearlitic structure and a structure other than the pearlitic structure in a surface layer from a surface of a rail head to a depth of at least 0.5 mm, where the pearlitic structure has Vickers hardness of 420 HV or more and 520 HV or less, and the structure other than the pearlitic structure has Vickers hardness of 350 HV or more and 420 HV or less.

A hot rolled steel sheet having a composition including, by weight percent:C:0.10-0.25%, Mn:3.5-5.0%, Si:0.80-1.60%, B:0.0003-0.004%, S≤0.010%, P≤0.020%, N≤0.008% the remainder of the composition being iron and unavoidable impurities resulting from the smelting, and having a microstructure consisting of, in surface fraction: between 50% and 80% of lath bainite, lower than 30% of granular bainite, the rest being martensite, martensite-austenite islands and austenite films, and having less than 20% of martensite and M-A islands having the multiplication of the maximum length L.sub.max of the grain by the maximum width W.sub.max of the grain higher than 1 μm.sup.2.

A hot rolled steel sheet having a composition including, by weight percent:C:0.10-0.25%, Mn:3.5-5.0%, Si:0.80-1.60%, B:0.0003-0.004%, S≤0.010%, P≤0.020%, N≤0.008% the remainder of the composition being iron and unavoidable impurities resulting from the smelting, and having a microstructure consisting of, in surface fraction: between 50% and 80% of lath bainite, lower than 30% of granular bainite, the rest being martensite, martensite-austenite islands and austenite films, and having less than 20% of martensite and M-A islands having the multiplication of the maximum length L.sub.max of the grain by the maximum width W.sub.max of the grain higher than 1 μm.sup.2.

There is provided a hot-stamped member or a steel sheet for hot stamping having a chemical composition including, in mass %, C: 0.25% or more and 0.55% or less, Si: 0.001% or more and 2.0% or less, Mn: 0.3% or more and 3.0% or less, P: 0.02% or less, S: 0.003% or less, Al: 0.005% or more and 1.0% or less, Cr: 0% or more and 1.0% or less, Mo: 0% or more and 1.0% or less, N: 0.02% or less, Ca: 0% or more and 0.0010% or less, B: 0.0005% or more and 0.01% or less, one or two or more selected from the group consisting of Ti: 0.005% or more and 0.5% or less, Nb: 0.005% or more and 0.5% or less, V: 0.005% or more and 0.5% or less, and Zr: 0.005% or more and 0.5% or less, and Ni+Cu+Sn: 0% or more and 2% or less, and a remainder consisting of Fe and impurities.

A method for manufacturing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: hot-rolling a slab to prepare a hot-rolled sheet, the slab containing, in wt %, 2.0 to 6.0% of Si, 0.04 to 0.12% of Mn, 0.001 to 0.022% of N, 0.027 to 0.060% of C, 0.01 to 0.08% of Nb, 0.01% or less of Ti, and the balance of Fe and other inevitable impurities; cold-rolling the hot-rolled sheet to prepare a cold-rolled sheet; and subjecting the primarily recrystallization-annealed cold-rolled sheet to secondary recrystallization annealing.

A method for manufacturing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: hot-rolling a slab to prepare a hot-rolled sheet, the slab containing, in wt %, 2.0 to 6.0% of Si, 0.04 to 0.12% of Mn, 0.001 to 0.022% of N, 0.027 to 0.060% of C, 0.01 to 0.08% of Nb, 0.01% or less of Ti, and the balance of Fe and other inevitable impurities; cold-rolling the hot-rolled sheet to prepare a cold-rolled sheet; and subjecting the primarily recrystallization-annealed cold-rolled sheet to secondary recrystallization annealing.

Provided is a steel sheet and a method for manufacturing same, the steel sheet which can be used for automobile parts and the like, having excellent bending workability, and excellent balance of strength and ductility and of strength and hole expansibility.

Provided is a steel sheet and a method for manufacturing same, the steel sheet which can be used for automobile parts and the like, having excellent bending workability, and excellent balance of strength and ductility and of strength and hole expansibility.

The present disclosure relates to a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having excellent surface quality and electrical resistance spot weldability, and a method for manufacturing the same. A galvanized steel sheet according to an aspect of the present disclosure is a galvanized steel sheet including a base steel sheet and a zinc-based plating layer formed on a surface of the base steel sheet, wherein a ratio (a/b) of a hardness of a surface layer portion (a) to a hardness of an internal portion (b) of the base steel sheet may be less than 0.95.

The present disclosure relates to a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having excellent surface quality and electrical resistance spot weldability, and a method for manufacturing the same. A galvanized steel sheet according to an aspect of the present disclosure is a galvanized steel sheet including a base steel sheet and a zinc-based plating layer formed on a surface of the base steel sheet, wherein a ratio (a/b) of a hardness of a surface layer portion (a) to a hardness of an internal portion (b) of the base steel sheet may be less than 0.95.