A hot-dip plated steel according to one aspect includes a base steel and a hot-dip plating layer disposed on a surface of the base steel, a chemical composition of the hot-dip plating layer contains, by mass%, Al: 10.00% to 30.00%, Mg: 3.00% to 12.00%, Sn: 0% to 2.00%, Si: 0% to 2.50%, Ca: 0% to 3.00%, Ni: 0% or more and less than 0.25%, Fe: 0% to 5.00%, and the like, a remainder consists of Zn and impurities, a metallographic structure of the hot-dip plating layer contains 5 to 45 area% of an α phase having a grain diameter of 0.5 to 2 .Math.m, the metallographic structure of the hot-dip plating layer contains 15 to 70 area% of a MgZn.sub.2 phase, and, among the α phases having the grain diameter of 0.5 to 2 .Math.m, an area ratio of an α phase having a (111).sub.α//(0001).sub.MgZn2 orientation relationship to the adjacent MgZn.sub.2 phase is 25% to 100%.

A high-strength galvanized steel sheet comprising a cold-rolled steel sheet, an intermetallic compound formed on the cold-rolled steel sheet, and a galvanizing layer formed on the intermetallic compound, the cold-rolled steel sheet having a specific composition and a microstructure having a martensite area ratio of 7% or more and less than 25% and a ferrite area ratio of 50% or more and which includes a base metal surface portion in which the amount of internal oxides per single side is 0.05 g/m.sup.2 or less.

A high-strength galvanized steel sheet comprising a cold-rolled steel sheet, an intermetallic compound formed on the cold-rolled steel sheet, and a galvanizing layer formed on the intermetallic compound, the cold-rolled steel sheet having a specific composition and a microstructure having a martensite area ratio of 7% or more and less than 25% and a ferrite area ratio of 50% or more and which includes a base metal surface portion in which the amount of internal oxides per single side is 0.05 g/m.sup.2 or less.

A galvannealed steel sheet includes: a steel sheet; a coating layer on a surface of the steel sheet; and a mixed layer formed between the steel sheet and the coating layer, in which the mixed layer includes a base iron portion having fine grains having a size of greater than 0 μm and equal to or smaller than 2 μm, a Zn—Fe alloy phase, and oxides containing one or more types of Mn, Si, Al, and Cr, and in the mixed layer, the oxides and the Zn—Fe alloy phase are present in grain boundaries that form the fine grains and the Zn—Fe alloy phase is tangled with the base iron portion.
[Mn]+[Si]+[Al]+[Cr]≧0.4  (Expression 1)

The present invention relates generally to a coated jewelry article or a coated component of a jewelry article, comprising a jewelry article or a component of a jewelry article, a first metallic coating, and a second metallic coating.

High strength galvannealed steel sheet having, a) a composition consisting of (in wt. %): C 0.10-0.2, Mn 2.0-3.0, Si 0.2-0.5, Cr 0.1-0.7, Ti 0.01-0.07, Al≤0.2, Nb<0.05, Mo<0.1, optionally B 0.001-0.005, balance Fe apart from impurities, b) a multiphase microstructure comprising (in vol. %) retained austenite 4-20, martensite 5-25, bainitic ferrite ≤10, polygonal ferrite ≤10, balance bainite+tempered martensite 50-90, c) a tensile strength (Rm) 1180-1300 MPa, a yield strength (R.sub.p0.2) 800-970 MPa, an elongation (A50) ≥8%, or an elongation (A80) ≥6%, and d) a bendability value Ri/t of ≤4 for a sample having the size of 35 mm×100 mm, wherein Ri is the bending radius in mm and t is the thickness in mm of the steel sheet.

Zn alloy plated steel material having excellent weldability and processed-part corrosion resistance and a method for production of Zn alloy plated steel material are provided. In the Zn alloy plated steel material comprising base steel material and a Zn alloy plating layer, the Zn alloy plating layer includes, by wt %, Al: 0.1-5.0%, Mg: 0.1-5.0%, as well as a remainder of Zn and inevitable impurities. The Zn alloy plated steel material includes a lower interface layer and an upper interface layer between the base steel material and the Zn alloy plating layer, wherein the lower interface layer is formed on the base steel material and has a dense structure, and the upper interface layer is formed on the lower interface layer and has a network-type or island-type structure.

Provided is a zinc alloy-plated steel material used in automobiles, building materials, home appliances, or the like, and more specifically, to a zinc alloy-plated steel material having excellent corrosion resistance and surface quality, and a method for producing same.

A coated metallic substrate is provided, including, at least; one layer of oxides, such layer being directly topped by an intermediate coating layer comprising Fe, Ni, Cr and Ti wherein the amount of Ti is above or equal to 5 wt. % and wherein the following equation is satisfied: 8 wt. %<Cr+Ti<40 wt. %, the balance being Fe and Ni, such intermediate coating layer being directly topped by a coating layer being an anticorrosion metallic coating.

A hot-dip-coated, non-skin-passed, cold-rolled metal strip is provided. The metal coating of the metal strip includes a waviness Wa.sub.0.8 of less than or equal to 0.70 μm, 0.2 to 8% by weight of aluminum and magnesium, and up to 0.3% by weight of additional elements, the balance being zinc and inevitable impurities. Metal parts are also provided.