A surface-treated steel sheet for a battery container, including a steel sheet, an iron-nickel diffusion layer formed on the steel sheet, and a nickel layer formed on the iron-nickel diffusion layer (and constituting the outermost layer, wherein when the Fe intensity and the Ni intensity are continuously measured from the surface of the surface-treated steel sheet for a battery container along the depth direction with a high frequency glow discharge optical emission spectrometric analyzer, the thickness of the iron-nickel diffusion layer being the difference between the depth at which the Fe intensity exhibits a first predetermined value and the depth at which the Ni intensity exhibits a second predetermined value is 0.04 to 0.31 μm; and the total amount of the nickel contained in the iron-nickel diffusion layer and the nickel contained in the nickel layer is 4.4 g/m.sup.2 or more and less than 10.8 g/m.sup.2.

A coated steel product including a base steel, and a coating layer containing a Zn—Al—Mg alloy layer disposed on a surface of the base steel, in which the coating layer has a predetermined chemical composition, the coated steel product including dendrite-shaped MgZn.sub.2 phase having a surface roughness Sa of 50 nm or less on a surface of the Zn—Al—Mg alloy layer, an area ratio of the dendrite-shaped MgZn.sub.2 phase having a surface roughness Sa of 50 nm or less being from 30% to 80% within a region of an observable field of view of 5 mm.sup.2, and among the dendrite-shaped MgZn.sub.2 phase having a surface roughness Sa of 50 nm or less, a number of dendrite-shaped MgZn.sub.2 phase having an area of 0.1 mm.sup.2 or more being from 5 to 100 within a region of an observable field of view of 25 mm.sup.2.

A surface-treated steel sheet for a battery container includes a steel sheet, an iron-nickel diffusion layer formed on the steel sheet, and a nickel layer formed on the iron-nickel diffusion layer and constituting the outermost layer. When the Fe intensity and the Ni intensity are continuously measured from the surface of the surface-treated steel sheet for a battery container along the depth direction with a high frequency glow discharge optical emission spectrometric analyzer, the thickness of the iron-nickel diffusion layer being the difference (D2−D1) between the depth (D1) at which the Fe intensity exhibits a first predetermined value and the depth (D2) at which the Ni intensity exhibits a second predetermined value is 0.04 to 0.31 μm; and the total amount of the nickel contained in the iron-nickel diffusion layer and the nickel contained in the nickel layer is 10.8 to 26.7 g/m2.

A method for fabricating a substrate provided with a plurality of layers, includes: providing a steel substrate with an oxide layer including metal oxides on the steel substrate; providing a metal coating layer directly on the oxide layer, the metal coating layer including: at least 8% by weight nickel; at least 10% by weight chromium; and a remainder being iron and impurities from a fabrication process; and providing an anti-corrosion coating layer directly on the metal coating layer.

A steel sheet with a metallic coating is provided. A composition of the metallic coating includes from 2.0 to 24.0% by weight of zinc, from 7.1 to 12.0% by weight of silicon, optionally from 1.1 to 8.0% by weight of magnesium, and optionally additional elements chosen from Pb, Ni, Zr, or Hf. The content by weight of each additional element is less than 0.3%. A balance of the composition is aluminum, unavoidable impurities and residual elements. A ratio Al/Zn is from 4.0 to 6.0.

Provided are an austenite-based molten aluminum-plated steel sheet comprising: a steel plate which contains, by weight %, 0.3 to 0.9% of C, 12 to 25% of Mn, 0.5 to 2.5% of Si, 0.3 to 3.0% of Al, 0.01 to 0.5% of Ti, 0.05 to 0.5% of V, 0.01-0.5% of Mo, 0.01-0.2% of Sn, 0.001-0.1% of Co, and 0.001-0.1% of W, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities; and a molten aluminum-based plated layer formed on a surface of the steel plate, and a method for producing the same.

Provided is a steel sheet for a hot press formed member having excellent resistance to hydrogen delayed fracture, and a method for manufacturing the same. A steel sheet for a hot press formed member comprises: a base steel sheet; an aluminum alloy plating layer on a surface of the base steel sheet; and an oxide layer which is formed on a surface of the plating layer and has a thickness of 0.05 μm or more.

The present disclosure relates to a plated steel material that can be used in an automobile, a household appliance, a building material, and the like, and more particularly, to a zinc alloy plated steel material having excellent surface quality and corrosion resistance, and a method for manufacturing the same.

Provided are a high-strength galvannealed steel sheet, and a manufacturing method therefor. The manufacturing method is for a high-strength galvannealed steel sheet which includes a zinc coated layer with a coating weight of 20 to 120 g/m.sup.2 per side on a surface of a steel sheet having a chemical composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.03 to 0.35%, Si: 0.01 to 1.00%, Mn: 3.6 to 8.0%, Al: 0.001 to 1.00%, P: 0.100% or less, and S: 0.010% or less, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities. The method includes: setting a cold rolling reduction ratio to 20% or more and 35% or less when cold rolling is performed on the steel sheet, and setting a maximum steel sheet temperature to be reached in an annealing furnace to 600° C. or higher and 700° C. or lower when annealing is further performed on the steel sheet.

Provided is a soft magnetic alloy having a composition of a compositional formula (Fe.sub.(1−(α+β))X1.sub.αX2.sub.β).sub.(1−(a+b+c+d+e))P.sub.aC.sub.bSi.sub.cCu.sub.dM.sub.e. X1 is one or more selected from a group consisting of Co and Ni, X2 is one or more selected from a group consisting of Al, Mn, Ag, Zn, Sn, As, Sb, Bi, N, 0, and rare earth elements, and M is one or more selected from the group consisting of Nb, Hf, Zr, Ta, Ti, Mo, W and V. 0.050≤a≤0.17, 0<b<0.050, 0.030<c≤0.10, 0<d≤0.020, 0≤e≤0.030, α≥0, β≥0, and 0≤α+β≤0.50.