An embodiment of the present invention provides a steel wire rod and a method for producing same, the steel wire rod comprising 0.3-0.5 wt % of C, 0.02-0.4 wt % of Si, 1.0-1.5 wt % of Mn, 0.3-0.7 wt % of Cr, 0.003 wt % or less of B, 0.03 wt % or less of Ti, 0.03 wt % or less of P, 0.01 wt % or less of S, 0.02-0.05 wt % of Al, and 0.001-0.01 wt % of N, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, and having a microstructure in which the main phase thereof is a complex structure of ferrite+pearlite, and contains at most 5 area % (including 0 area %) of at least one of bainite or martensite, wherein the average pearlite colony size in a region extending from the ⅖ point to the ⅗ point of the diameter is at most 7 μm.

A hot-stamping formed body has a predetermined chemical composition and includes microstructure which includes residual austenite of which an area ratio is in a range of 20% to 30%. Among grain boundaries of crystal grains of bainite and tempered martensite in the microstructure, a ratio of a length of a grain boundary having a rotation angle in a range of 55° to 75° to a total length of a grain boundary having a rotation angle in a range of 4° to 12°, a grain boundary having a rotation angle in a range of 49° to 54°, and a grain boundary having a rotation angle in a range of 55° to 75° to the <011> direction as a rotation axis is 30% or more.

This steel sheet for a can is a steel sheet for a can containing, by mass %, C: 0.010% to 0.050%, Si: 0.020% or less, Mn: 0.10% to 0.60%, P: 0.020% or less, S: 0.020% or less, Al: 0.050% or less, N: 0.0100% or less, Nb: 0% to 0.03%, Ti: 0% to 0.03%, B: 0% to 0.0020%, and a remainder including Fe and an impurity, in which, when the number of carbides having an equivalent circle diameter of 2 μm or more and 5 μm or less is indicated by a, and the number of carbides having an equivalent circle diameter of 0.1 μm or more and less than 2 μm is indicated by b, a/b satisfies a range of the following formula (1), a fracture strain is 1.6 or more, and a sheet thickness is 0.10 to 0.30 mm.

a/b<0.12  (1)

A method of manufacturing steel strip including the steps of: casting molten steel into slabs; reheating the slabs at 1150° C. or more for 1 hour or more; hot rolling the steel into a strip, preferably with an average F1 slab entry temperature above 1000° C.; coiling the hot rolled steel strip; batch annealing the steel strip: at an intercritical temperature (i.e. between Ac1 and Ac3), preferably below 700° C.; in non-oxidising and non-nitrogenated atmosphere; total annealing time at least 5 hours, preferably at least 10 hours to get Mn enrichment in austenite such that Mn content is at least 1.25 times bulk Mn content of the steel and C enrichment such that C content is at least 1.2 times bulk C content of the steel; cooling the steel after batch annealing in air, forced air or water quench.

Provided is a high-strength steel sheet having high impact resistance. The steel sheet includes: by weight %, carbon (C): 0.05% to 0.14%, silicon (Si): 0.01% to 1.0%, manganese (Mn): 1.5% to 2.5%, aluminum (Al): 0.01% to 0.1%, chromium (Cr): 0.005% to 1.0%, phosphorus (P): 0.001% to 0.05%, sulfur (S): 0.001% to 0.01%, nitrogen (N): 0.001% to 0.01%, niobium (Nb): 0.005% to 0.06%, titanium (Ti): 0.005% to 0.11%, and the balance of iron (Fe) and inevitable impurities. The steel sheet has a microstructure comprising ferrite and bainite in a total area fraction of 90% or more. The steel sheet has a value of 0.05 to 1.0 as a shear texture ({110}<112>, {112}<111>) area ratio of a center region (ranging deeper than 1/10t to ½t in a thickness direction, t refers to thickness (mm)) and a surface region (ranging from a surface to 1/10t in the thickness direction).

An method of manufacturing a hot press-formed member comprises heating a blank of an aluminum-based plated steel sheet in a heating furnace, removing the heated blank from the heating furnace and conveying the removed blank between an upper mold portion and a lower mold portion of a mold, mounted on a press, to be seated; and performing a forming process after the upper mold portion of the mold is in contact with the seated blank.

A method of producing a high performance stainless steel exhibiting corrosion resistance even under a very severe corrosion environment at temperatures of equal to or higher than 180° C., for example, 220° C., while maintaining strength and toughness by improving the corrosion resistance of a conventional martensitic stainless steel with high strength. The martensitic stainless steel includes, in mass %, C: 0.005% to 0.05%, Si: equal to or less than 1.0%, Mn: equal to or less than 2.0%, Cr: 16 to 18%, Ni: 2.5 to 6.5%, Mo: 1.5 to 3.5%, W: equal to or less than 3.5%, Cu: equal to or less than 3.5%, V: 0.01 to 0.08%, Sol.Al: 0.005 to 0.10%, N: equal to or less than 0.05%, and Ta: 0.01 to 0.06%, and the balance Fe with inevitable impurities.

The present invention relates to a formed product used in vehicle components and the like, and to a method for manufacturing the same. The present invention provides heat treatable steel, a formed product using the same having ultra-high strength and excellent durability, and a method for manufacturing the same, wherein the heat treatable steel contains, in wt %, C (0.22-0.42%), Si (0.05-0.3%), Mn (1.0-1.5%), Al (0.01-0.1%), P (0.01% or less (including 0), S (0.005% or less), Mo (0.05-0.3%), Ti (0.01-0.1%), Cr (0.05-0.5%), B (0.0005-0.005%), N (0.01% or less), the balance Fe, and other inevitable impurities, Mn and Si satisfying Relationship formula (1), below, Mo/p satisfying Relationship formula (2), below: [Relationship formula 1] Mn/Si≧5 [Relationship formula 2] Mo/P≧15.

Provided are a high-strength steel sheet and a method for manufacturing the steel sheet. The high-strength steel sheet has a specified chemical composition with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, a microstructure including, in terms of area ratio, 30% or more of a ferrite phase, 40% to 65% of a bainite phase and/or a martensite phase, and 5% or less of cementite, in which, in a surface layer that is a region within 50 μm from the surface in the thickness direction, the area ratio of a ferrite phase is 40% to 55% and the total area ratio of a bainite phase having a grain diameter of more than 5 μm and/or a martensite phase having a grain diameter of more than 5 μm is 20% or less, and a tensile strength is 980 MPa or more.

A high-strength galvanized steel sheet that includes a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.15% or more and 0.25% or less, Si: 0.50% or more and 2.5% or less, Mn: 2.3% or more and 4.0% or less, P: 0.100% or less, S: 0.02% or less, Al: 0.01% or more and 2.5% or less, and Fe and inevitable impurities. The steel sheet having a microstructure containing, by an area percentage basis, a tempered martensite phase: 30% or more and 73% or less, a ferrite phase: 25% or more and 68% or less, a retained austenite phase: 2% or more and 20% or less, and other phases: 10% or less (including 0%), the other phases containing a martensite phase: 3% or less (including 0%) and a bainitic ferrite phase: less than 5% (including 0%).