C21D8/0263

HIGH TOUGHNESS HOT ROLLED AND ANNEALED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
20230002842 · 2023-01-05 ·

A hot rolled and annealed steel sheet having a composition including, by weight percent: C: 0.1-0.25%, Mn: 3.00-5.00%, 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: more than 20% of recrystallized ferrite, the balance being non-recrystallized ferrite, more than 15% of said recrystallized ferrite having grain size larger than 5 μm and a density of carbides at grain boundary of recrystallized ferrite less than 5 carbides per 10 μm of grain boundary length

COLD ROLLED AND HEAT-TREATED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
20230002847 · 2023-01-05 ·

A cold rolled and heat-treated steel sheet having a composition including, by weight percent C: 0.12-0.25% Mn: 3.0-8.0%, Si: 0.70-1.50%, Al: 0.3-1.2%, B: 0.0002-0.004%, 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 5% and 45% of ferrite, between 25% and 85% of partitioned martensite, the partitioned martensite having a carbides density strictly less than 2×10.sup.6/mm.sup.2, between 10% and 30% of retained austenite, less than 8% of fresh martensite, a part of the fresh martensite being combined with retained austenite in the shape of martensite-austenite islands in total surface fraction less than 10%.

HIGH-STRENGTH COLD-ROLLED STEEL SHEET, HIGH-STRENGTH COATED OR PLATED STEEL SHEET, METHOD OF PRODUCING HIGH-STRENGTH COLD-ROLLED STEEL SHEET, METHOD OF PRODUCING HIGH-STRENGTH COATED OR PLATED STEEL SHEET, AND AUTOMOTIVE PART

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.

CARBON STEEL AND AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL ROLLING CLAD PLATE MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR

Disclosed in the present invention is a manufacturing method for a carbon steel and austenitic stainless-steel rolling clad plate, comprising the steps of: (1) obtaining a blank material of a carbon steel layer and a blank material of a stainless-steel layer; (2) assembling blank materials; (3) cladding and rolling; (4) cold rolling; (5) first annealing; and (6) second annealing. The carbon steel and austenitic stainless-steel rolling clad plate has two unique annealing processes, so that the clad plate has the performance advantages of the austenitic stainless-steel and the carbon steel. In addition, further disclosed in the present invention is a carbon steel and austenitic stainless-steel rolling clad plate manufactured by this method.

STEEL FOR HOT FORMING, HOT-FORMED MEMBER, AND MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREFOR

An embodiment of the present invention provides steel for hot forming, a hot-formed member, and methods for manufacturing same, the steel comprising, by wt %, 0.06-0.1% of C, 0.05-0.6% of Si, 0.6-2% of Mn, 0.05% or less of P, 0.02% or less of S, 0.01-0.1% of Al, 0.01-0.8% of Cr, 0.01-0.5% of Mo, 0.02% or less of N, and the remainder of Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein an alloy factor represented by relational expression 1 below is 7 or more, and the number of carbides having a circular equivalent diameter of 0.5 μm or greater is 10.sup.5/mm.sup.2 or less.


Alloy factor=I(Mn)×I(Si)×I(Cr)×I(Mo)  [Relational expression 1] where the I values for the components are I(Mn)=3.34×Mn+1, I(Si)=0.7×Si+1, I(Cr)=2.16×Cr+1, and I(Mo)=3×Mo+1, respectively, and the content of each component is expressed as wt %.

HIGH HARDNESS WEAR-RESISTANT STEEL HAVING EXCELLENT LOW-TEMPERATURE IMPACT TOUGHNESS, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR
20230002872 · 2023-01-05 · ·

The present invention provides wear-resistant steel which has high hardness while having wear resistance and high impact toughness at low temperature, and a manufacturing method therefor.

HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL HAVING SUPERIOR DUCTILITY, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR
20230002871 · 2023-01-05 · ·

The present invention is to provide a steel having high strength properties and also having superior elongation, and a manufacturing method therefor.

STEEL SHEET AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
20230002846 · 2023-01-05 · ·

This steel sheet has a specific chemical composition, the tensile strength is 1300 MPa or more, the ratio (R/t) of the limit bend radius to the sheet thickness is less than 3.5, when a depth position of 30 μm from the surface in the sheet thickness direction is defined as a position A and a depth position of ¼ of the sheet thickness from the surface in the sheet thickness direction is defined as a position B, the number density of AIN at the position A is 3000 pieces/mm.sup.2 or more and 6000 pieces/mm.sup.2 or less, a metallographic structure at the position B includes 90% or more of martensite by volume percentage, and the hardness at the position A is 1.20 times or higher than the hardness at the position B.

HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET

This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, a microstructure includes 80% or more of tempered martensite by a volume percentage and a remainder consisting of one or more of ferrite, pearlite, bainite, fresh martensite, and residual austenite, the tempered martensite includes 5×10.sup.9 pieces/mm.sup.3 or more of precipitates containing Ti and having an equivalent circle diameter of 5 nm or less per unit volume, in a surface layer region that is a range from a surface to a 1/10 position of a sheet thickness, a sum of an average pole density of a crystal orientation group consisting of {211}<111> to {111}<112> and a pole density in a crystal orientation of {110}<001> is 6.0 or less, and a tensile strength is 980 MPa or more.

Austenitic steel material having excellent abrasion resistance and toughness and manufacturing method the same

Provided according to one preferred aspect of the present invention are austenitic steel material having superb abrasion resistance and toughness, and a method for producing the austenite steel material. The austenitic steel material having superb abrasion resistance and toughness according to one preferred aspect of the present invention comprises, in wt %, 0.6-1.9% carbon (C); 12-22% manganese (Mn); 5% or lower (excluding 0%) chromium (Cr); 5% or lower (excluding 0%) copper (Cu); 0.5% or lower (excluding 0%) aluminum (Al); 1.0% or lower (excluding 0%) silicon (Si); 0.1% or lower (including 0%) phosphorous (P); 0.02% or lower (including 0%) sulfur (S); and the rest in Fe and unavoidable impurities, and has the microstructure comprising, by surface area fraction, 97% or higher (including 100%) austenite and 3% or lower (including 0%) carbide.