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.

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 %.

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

A method of production non grain-oriented Fe—Si steel sheet is provided. The method includes the steps of melting a steel composition that contains in weight percentage: C≤0.006, 2.0≤Si≤5.0, 0.1≤Al≤3.0, 0.1≤Mn≤3.0, N≤0.006, 0.04≤Sn≤0.2, S≤0.005, P≤0.2, Ti≤0.01, the balance being Fe and other inevitable impurities, casting said melt into a slab, reheating said slab, hot rolling said slab, coiling said hot rolled steel, optionally annealing the hot rolled steel, cold rolling, annealing and cooling the cold rolled steel down to room temperature.

Disclosed is a duplex ferritic austenitic stainless steel of 40-60 volume % ferrite and 40-60 volume % austenite, with improved cold workability and impact toughness. It contains less than 0.07% carbon (C), 0.1-2.0% silicon (Si), 3-5% manganese (Mn), 19-23% chromium (Cr), 1.1-1.9% nickel (Ni), 1.1-3.5% copper (Cu), 0.18-0.30% nitrogen (N), optionally molybdenum (Mo) and/or tungsten (W) according to the formula (Mo+½W)<1.0%. It optionally contains 0.001-0.005% boron (B), up to 0.03% of each of cerium (Ce) and/or calcium (Ca), with the balance being iron (Fe) and impurities where the chromium equivalent (Cr.sub.eq) and the nickel equivalent (Ni.sub.eq): 20<Cr.sub.eq<24.5 and Ni.sub.eq>10, where Cr.sub.eq=Cr+1.5Si+Mo+2Ti+0.5Nb Ni.sub.eq=Ni+0.5Mn+30(C+N)+0.5(Cu+Co).

Provided herein is a dual-phase stainless steel having excellent carbon dioxide corrosion resistance, excellent sulfide stress corrosion cracking resistance, and excellent sulfide stress cracking resistance. The dual-phase stainless steel contains, in mass %, C: 0.03% or less, Si: 1.0% or less, Mn: 0.10 to 1.5%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Cr: 20.0 to 30.0%, Ni: 5.0 to 10.0%, Mo: 2.0 to 5.0%, Cu: 2.0 to 6.0%, N: less than 0.07%, and the balance Fe and unavoidable impurities, and has a structure that is 20 to 70% austenite phase, and 30 to 80% ferrite phase in terms of a volume fraction.

The present invention relates to high-strength medium manganese steel for warm stamping, which contains 3-10 wt % of manganese (Mn), 0.05-0.3 wt % of carbon (C), and 0.1-1.0 wt % of silicon (Si) as components thereof, with the balance being iron (Fe) and unavoidably contained impurities. The present invention performs heat treatment at the low austenitizing temperature of medium manganese steel, and thus has the effect of reducing the high thermal energy consumption of the prior art hot stamping process. Furthermore, the present invention does not require an additional temperature process, and can obtain high strength by only slow cooling such as air cooling outside a mold without performing cooling at high rate inside the mold, and thus has the effects of simplifying a process and improving manufacturing efficiency.

The entirety or a part of this hot stamped product includes, as a chemical composition, by mass %, C: 0.001% or more and less than 0.080%, Si: 2.50% or less, Mn: 0.01% or more and less than 0.50%, P: 0.200% or less, S: 0.0200% or less, sol.Al: 0.001% to 2.500%, N: 0.0200% or less, Cr: 0.30% or more and less than 2.00%, and a remainder: Fe and impurities, in which a metallographic structure contains, by vol %, ferrite: more than 60.0%, martensite: 0% or more and less than 10.0%, and bainite: 0% or more and less than 20.0%, a tensile strength is less than 700 MPa, and ΔTS, which is a decrease in the tensile strength after a heat treatment at 170° C. for 20 minutes, is 100 MPa or less.

The present invention related to a structural steel sheet having excellent seawater resistance and having excellent corrosion resistance in environments in which corrosion is accelerated by seawater, and a method for manufacturing same.

Disclosed are high-strength ferritic stainless steel STS430, which has a yield strength of 350 MPa or greater and can be applied to a clamp of a vehicle or a common hose, and a manufacturing method thereof. The high-strength ferritic stainless steel for a clamp, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises, by weight, 0.04-0.1% of C, 0.2-0.6% of Si, 0.01-1.5% of Mn, 14.0-18.0% of Cr, 0.005-0.2% of Al, 0.005-0.2% of V, 0.02-0.1% of N, and the remainder as Fe and inevitable impurities, satisfies Expressions (1) and (2), and has at least 2.5×10.sup.6 precipitates having a mean diameter of 0.5 μm or less per mm.sup.2. (1) 0.35%≤Si+Al+V≤0.6% (2) 0.09%≤C+N≤0.12%