A spot welded joint of at least two steel sheets is provided. At least one of the steel sheets presents yield strength above or equal to 600 MPa, an ultimate tensile strength above or equal to 1000 MPa, uniform elongation above or equal to 15%. The base metal chemical composition includes 0.05≤C≤0.21%, 4.0≤Mn≤7.0%, 0.5≤Al≤3.5%, Si≤2.0%, Ti≤0.2%, V≤0.2%, Nb≤0.2%, P≤0.025%, B≤0.0035%, and the spot welded joint contains a molten zone microstructure containing more than 0.5% of Al and containing a surface fraction of segregated areas lower than 1%, said segregated areas being zones larger than 20 μm.sup.2 and containing more than the steel nominal phosphorus content.

Disclosed are a low-cost ultra-high-strength multiphase steel plate/steel strip and its manufacturing method. Said steel plate/steel strip comprises the following components in percentage by weight: 0.03 to 0.07% of C, 0.1 to 0.5% of Si, 1.3 to 1.9% of Mn, less than or equal to 0.02% of P, less than or equal to 0.01% of S, 0.01 to 0.05% of Al, 0.2 to 0.5% of Cr, 0.07 to 0.14% of Ti, less than 0.03% of (Ni+Nb+Mo+V), and the balance being Fe and other inevitable impurities; and Mn+1.5Cr+5(Ti+Al+Cu)+10(Mo+Ni)+20(Nb+V)<3.0; Mn+2Cr+4Ti+4Nb+4V+4Mo—Si/3+2C≤3.0. The steel plate is mainly used for the manufacturing of automotive chassis and suspension system parts.

An austenitic stainless steel material that has a passivation film on a surface is provided. The austenitic stainless steel material has a chemical composition consisting of, in mass%, C: 0.10% or less, Si: 1.0% or less, Mn: 8.0-10.0%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.003% or less, Cr: 15.0-18.0%, Ni: 7.0-9.0%, N: 0.15-0.25%, Al: 0.005-0.20%, Ca: 0.0005-0.01%, Cu: less than 1.0%, Mo: less than 1.0%, B: 0-0.0050%, Nb: 0-0.50%, Ti: 0-0.50%, V: 0-0.50%, W: 0-0.50%, Zr: 0-0.50%, Co: 0-0.50%, Mg: 0-0.005%, Ga: 0-0.005%, Hf: 0-0.10%, REM: 0-0.10%, and the balance: Fe and impurities. An f value, namely, [Ni + 0.72Cr + 0.88Mo + 1.11Mn - 0.27Si + 0.53Cu + 12.93C + 7.55N], is more than 29.5 and less than 32.5.

A panel that is excellent in both appearance and dent resistance after being formed from a starting material is provided. The panel has a steel sheet including martensite, and a surface roughness parameter (Sa) at a flat part of a center-side portion of the panel is Sa≤0.500 μm. In laths of the martensite, the panel has precipitates having a major axis of 0.05 μm to 1.00 μm and an aspect ratio of 3 or more in an amount of 15 precipitates/μm.sup.2 or more. A ratio YS.sub.1/YS.sub.2 between a yield stress YS.sub.1 measured in a tensile test specimen cut out from the flat part of the center-side portion of the panel and a yield stress YS.sub.2 measured in a tensile test specimen cut out from an end part of the panel is 0.90 to 1.10.

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.

Disclosed herein is a high-strength plated steel sheet having a plated layer on the surface of a base steel sheet and containing predetermined steel components. The steel sheet includes, in the order from the interface of the base steel sheet and the plated layer towards the base steel sheet: a soft layer having a Vickers hardness that is 90% or less of the Vickers hardness at a portion t/4 of the base steel sheet, where t is a sheet thickness of the base steel sheet; and a hard layer consisting of a structure which is mainly composed of martensite and bainite and in which the average grain size of prior austenite is 20 μm or less. The average depth D of the soft layer is 20 μm or greater, and the average depth d of an internal oxide layer is 4 μm or greater and smaller than D.

The high-strength plated steel sheet of the present invention has a plated layer on the surface of a base steel sheet and contains predetermined steel components. The steel sheet includes, in the order from the interface of the base steel sheet and the plated layer towards the base steel sheet: a soft layer having a Vickers hardness that is 90% or less of the Vickers hardness at a portion t/4 of the base steel sheet, where t is a sheet thickness of the base steel sheet: and a hard layer containing martensite, bainite, and ferrite in predetermined ranges. The average depth D of the soft layer is 20 μm or greater, and the average depth d of an internal oxide layer is 4 μm or greater and smaller than D.

The present invention relates to a coated steel sheet having a thin aluminium alloy coating and a coating method thereof The coated steel sheet of the present invention is used for hot stamping. The coating thickness of the coated steel sheet is 5˜14 μm, wherein the aluminium alloy coating comprises a FeAlSi inhibitive layer adjacent to a substrate steel sheet and an Al alloy layer outside the FeAlSi inhibitive layer, wherein the thickness of the FeAlSi inhibitive layer is no more than 60% of the coating thickness and is 1.5˜6.0 μm. The diameters of Kirkendall voids within 2 μm from an interface between the FeAlSi inhibitive layer and the substrate steel to the interior of the substrate steel are no more than 2.5 μm, wherein the number of Kirkendall voids with a diameter of no less than 0.5 μm and no more than 2.5 μm does not exceed 15 per 35 μm. The present invention also discloses a coating method for coating a thin aluminium alloy coating on a substrate steel sheet for hot stamping. It can eliminate skip coating and enable a hot stamped component obtained by the coated steel sheet to have excellent resistance spot welding performance.

Disclosed are thermoformed component having excellent coating adhesion and a method for manufacturing the same. The thermoformed component comprises a substrate layer and an aluminum coating coated on at least one surface of the substrate layer, wherein the average roughness Ra of a surface of the thermoformed component is between 1.0 μm and 3.0 μm, the peak height and the peak-to-valley height Rt are between 8 μm and 30 μm, and the roughness peak count Rpc is greater than or equal to 50. The thermoformed component has good paintability, good coating adhesion and good corrosion resistance, and is very suitable for automotive parts.

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 %.