A structural steel having excellent brittle fracture resistance according to an aspect of the present invention comprises, by weight %, 0.02-0.12% of C, 0.01-0.8% of Si, 1.5-2.5% of Mn, 0.005-0.5% of Al, 0.02% or less of P, 0.01% or less of S, 0.0015-0.015% of N, and the remainder of Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein an outer surface layer portion and an inner central portion are microstructurally divided along the thickness direction, the surface layer portion comprises tempered bainite as a matrix structure, the central portion comprises bainitic ferrite as a matrix structure, and the NDT temperature by the NRL drop-weight test may be −70° C. or lower.

A hot-rolled steel sheet according to the present invention has a predetermined chemical composition, in which, when a height profile of a surface of the hot-rolled steel sheet is measured in each of five measurement ranges in a rolling direction and a direction perpendicular to the rolling direction, a distance in a height direction from an average height position which is an average of a height position of a point having a highest height position and a height position of a recessed part which is a point having a lowest height position to the recessed part is indicated as R.sub.1 (μm) in each of the height profiles, and an average of heights of two measurement points away from the recessed part in the rolling direction or the direction perpendicular to the rolling direction by 5 μm is indicated as R.sub.2 (μm), an average value of radii of curvature r represented by Expression (1) is 10 μm or more, and a tensile strength of the hot-rolled steel sheet is 500 MPa or more. r=(25+|R.sub.2−R.sub.1|.sup.2)/2|R.sub.2−R.sub.1| . . . (1)

The present invention relates to a steel material used as materials for building structures, ship structures, offshore structures, or the like and, more specifically, to a steel material having low yield ratio and excellent weld heat affected zone toughness and a manufacturing method therefor.

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.

The present invention provides a high strength steel plate for a structure and a method of manufacturing same, wherein the high strength steel plate fora structure comprises, by weight %, 0.03% (inclusive) to 0.1% (exclusive) of C, 0.1% (inclusive) to 0.8% (exclusive) of Si, 0.3% (inclusive) to 1.5% (exclusive) of Mn, 0.5% (inclusive) to 1.5% (exclusive) of Cr, 0.1% (inclusive) to 0.5% (exclusive) of Cu, 0.01% (inclusive) to 0.08% (exclusive) of Al, 0.01% (inclusive) to 0.1% (exclusive) of Ti, 0.05% (inclusive) to 0.1% (exclusive) of Ni, 0.002% (inclusive) to 0.07% (exclusive) of Nb, 0.03% or less of P, 0.02% or less of S, and the balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, and has a microstructure comprising, by area fraction, 20% or more of bainite, less than 80% of polygonal ferrite and acicular ferrite in total, and less than 10% of pearlite and MA as the other phases.

This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition. The metallographic structure at a sheet thickness ¼ depth from a surface and at a center position in a sheet width direction in a sheet width cross section parallel to a rolling direction contains, by area %, 77.0% to 97.0% of bainite and tempered martensite in total, 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. The average grain size of the metallographic structure excluding the residual austenite is 7.0 μm or less. The C concentration in the residual austenite is 0.5 mass % or more. The 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 steel sheet including a steel micro-structure containing, in volume fraction, tempered martensite: 85% or more, retained austenite: 5% or more to less than 15%, and ferrite, pearlite, bainite, and as-quenched martensite being less than 10% in total, when contents of Mn and C in the retained austenite are denoted by Mn.sub.A and C.sub.A, and when contents of Mn and C in a matrix are denoted by Mn.sub.M and C.sub.M, respectively, following Formulas (1) to (3) are satisfied, and the number of carbides having an equivalent circle radius of 0.1 μm or more is 100 or less in a region measuring 20000 μm.sup.2, and the steel sheet has a tensile strength of 1100 MPa or more. The steel sheet is excellent in crash resistance and formability.

Mn.sub.A/Mn.sub.M≥1.2  (1)

C.sub.A/C.sub.M≤5.0  (2)

C.sub.A≤1.0  (3)

The present disclosure has as its object the provision of non-oriented electrical steel sheet excellent in magnetic properties which is free from any drop in magnetic flux density even after stress relief annealing and a method for manufacturing the same.

Non-oriented electrical steel sheet having a chemical composition containing C: 0.0030 mass % or less, Si: 2.0 mass % or more and 4.0 mass % or less, Al: 0.010 mass % or more and 3.0 mass % or less, Mn: 0.10 mass % or more and 2.4% mass or less, P: 0.0050 mass % or more and 0.20 mass % or less, S: 0.0030 mass % or less, and one or more elements selected from the group comprising Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ce, La, Nd, Pr, Zn, and Cd: total 0.00050 mass % or more and having a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, where, when designating a mass % of Si as [Si], a mass % of Al as [Al], and a mass % of Mn as [Mn], a parameter Q shown by the following formula (1) is 2.0 or more, a random intensity ratio of the {100} orientation is 2.4 or more, and an average grain size is 30 μm or less:

Q=[Si]+2[Al]−[Mn]  (1)

The present invention relates to a steel sheet which is suitable to be used as the material of a part such as a friction plate for a vehicle automatic transmission. More specifically, the present invention relates an ultra-high strength steel sheet having excellent shear workability and a method for manufacturing same.

The invention relates to a method for manufacturing strips of stainless steel, comprising hot rolling in an initial process (A) and subsequently cold rolling in a cold rolling line (B). The hot rolling is stopped when the strip thickness has been reduced to a thickness between 2.0 mm and 6.5 mm. The subsequent cold rolling is passed at least one time through said cold rolling line, which comprises in the following order: At least one cold rolling mill (11-13) in the initial part of the line, at least one annealing section (17), a scale breaking step (21), a shot blasting step (23) and at least one pickling section (26, 27) utilizing a mixture of nitric acid HNO.sub.3, hydrofluoric acid HF and optionally sulphuric acid H.sub.2SO.sub.4.