C22C38/004

NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME
20230045797 · 2023-02-16 · ·

A non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes, in wt%, Si: 1.5 to 4.0%, Al: 0.5 to 1.5%, Mn: 0.05 to 0.55%, C: 0.005% or less, Ti: 0.004% or less (excluding 0%), N: 0.005% or less (excluding 0%), S: 0.005% or less (excluding 0%), and Cu: 0.01% or less (excluding 0%), and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, and satisfies Formula 1 and Formula 2 below.


[N]≤0.005×([Al]×[Ti])  [Formula 1]


[S]≤0.01×([Mn]+[Cu])  [Formula 2]

(In Formula 1 and Formula 2, [N], [Al], [Ti], [S], [Mn], and [Cu] represent a content (wt %) of N, Al, Ti, S, Mn, and Cu, respectively).

NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME
20230050497 · 2023-02-16 · ·

An embodiment of the present invention provides a non-oriented electrical steel sheet including. in wt%: Si: 2.5 to 4.0 %, Mn: 0.1 to 1.0 %, Al: 0.5 to 1.5 %, P: 0.002 to 0.015 %, and As: 0.002 to 0.01 %, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, and satisfying Formula 1 and Formula 2.

[00001]0.005P+As0.015

(In Formula 1, [P] and [As] represent a content (wt%) of P and As, respectively.)

[00002]STD0.7×GS

([GS] is an average grain size (.Math.m) measured when 10,000 or more grains having a grain size of 5 to 500 .Math.m are observed on a surface of the steel sheet, and STD is a standard deviation (.Math.m) at that time.)

STEEL SHEET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME

A steel sheet includes a predetermined composition satisfying Expression (1), in which the microstructure at the ¼ thickness position from the surface in the sheet thickness direction includes, by vol %, ferrite: 95% or more and a remainder of the microstructure: 5% or less, has a proportion of unrecrystallized ferrite in the ferrite of 5% or less, and a half width w and an X-ray wavelength λ at a peak of (200) plane of the ferrite satisfy Expression (2).


0.80≤{(Ti/48−N/14)+Nb/93}/(C/12)≤5.00  (1)


w×λ≥0.20  (2)

STEEL SHEET FOR NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET
20230046884 · 2023-02-16 · ·

What is provided is a steel sheet for a non-oriented electrical steel sheet containing, in mass %, C: 0.0040% or less, Si: 1.9% or more and 3.5% or less, Al: 0.10% or more and 3.0% or less, Mn: 0.10% or more and 2.0% or less, P: 0.09% or less, S: 0.005% or less, N: 0.0040% or less, B: 0.0060% or less, and the remainder consisting of Fe and impurities, in which the recrystallization rate of the structure of a sheet thickness-direction cross section at each position 10 mm apart toward the sheet width center from each of both end portions in the sheet width direction is less than 50%, and, when the sheet width is represented by W, the recrystallization rate of the structure of a sheet thickness-direction cross section at the position of ¼W from each of both end portions in the sheet width direction is 50% or more.

Cold-rolled steel sheet having excellent high-temperature properties and room-temperature workability
11578379 · 2023-02-14 · ·

The present disclosure provides a cold-rolled steel sheet having excellent high-temperature properties and room-temperature workability, including, by weight: carbon (C): 0.0005 to 0.003%, manganese (Mn): 0.20 to 0.50%, aluminum (Al): 0.01 to 0.10%, phosphorus (P): 0.003 to 0.020%, nitrogen (N): 0.0005 to 0.004%, sulfur (S): 0.015% or less, niobium (Nb): 0.005 to 0.040%, chromium (Cr): 0.10 to 0.50%, tungsten (W): 0.02 to 0.07%, and a balance of iron (Fe) and other inevitable impurities, wherein C, Nb, and W satisfy the following relationship 1, a microstructure comprises 95 area % or more of polygonal ferrite and 5 area % or less of acicular ferrite, and the cold-rolled steel sheet comprises (Nb,W)C-based precipitates having an average size of 0.005 to 0.10 μm and a method for manufacturing the same:
0.00025≤(2×Nb/93)×(W/184)/(C/12)≤0.0015  [Relationship 1]
where, C, Nb, and W are in weight %.

Grain-oriented electrical steel sheet and method for producing the same

A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having excellent iron loss property is produced from a steel slab containing, by mass %, C: 0.002-0.15%, Si: 2.5-6.0%, Mn: 0.01-0.80%, Al: 0.010-0.050% and N: 0.003-0.020%, when: a heating rate between 500-700° C. in decarburization annealing is not less than 80° C./s, a surface roughness Ra of a work roll in final cold rolling is 0.01-3.0 μm, a total content of alkaline earth metals to MgO in annealing separator is 0-5 mass %, an average length L in rolling direction of passed crystal grains is not more than 25 mm, a ratio of crystal grains having a length in rolling direction of not more than 5 mm is 40-90%, and an existence ratio of alkaline earth metal sulfides having a size corresponding to circle of not less than 0.5 μm in a cross section of forsterite film is not more than 0.2/μm per unit length in sheet width direction.

STAINLESS STEEL HAVING EXCELLENT SURFACE ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY FOR FUEL CELL SEPARATOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR
20230043454 · 2023-02-09 · ·

Disclosed is a stainless steel having excellent surface electrical conductivity for a fuel cell separator. According to an embodiment of the disclosed stainless steel having excellent surface electrical conductivity for a fuel cell separator, a value of the following surface oxide atomic ratio (1) may be 0.5 or less, as measured on the surface of a stainless steel containing 15 wt % or more of Cr by X-ray angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy using an Al-Kα X-ray source under the condition where a take-off angle of photoelectrons is from 12° to 85°.

[00001] sum of atomic concentrations ( at % ) of metal elements in metal oxide ( MO ) sum of atomic concentrations ( at % ) of metal elements in total oxides and hydroxides ( 1 )

The metal oxide (MO) includes a mixed oxide: M represents an alloying element other than Cr and Fe or a combination thereof in the matrix; and O represents oxygen. The total oxides and hydroxides include a Cr oxide, a Cr hydroxide, an Fe oxide, an Fe hydroxide, and the metal oxide (MO).

Martensitic Stainless Steel with High Strength, High Toughness and High Corrosion Resistance
20180002791 · 2018-01-04 ·

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.

GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME

A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet that includes a base coating with a high TiN ratio advantageous for the application of tension to the steel sheet and has excellent magnetic property is provided. The grain-oriented electrical steel sheet includes: a base coating having a peak value PTiN of TiN in the form of osbornite, observed in a range of 42°<2θ<43° and a peak value PMg.sub.2SiO.sub.4 of Mg.sub.2SiO.sub.4 in the form of forsterite, observed in a range of 35°<2θ<36° of both more than 0 and satisfying a relationship PTiN≧PMg.sub.2SiO.sub.4, in thin-film X-ray diffraction analysis; and an iron loss W.sub.17/50 of 1.0 W/kg or less.

NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME

When a non-oriented electrical steel sheet is produced by hot rolling a slab containing, by mass %, C: not more than 0.0050%, Si: 1.5-5.0%, Mn: 0.20-3.0%, sol. Al: not more than 0.0050%, P: not more than 0.2%, S: not more than 0.0050% and N: not more than 0.0040% to form a hot rolled sheet, cold rolling the hot rolled sheet without conducting a hot band annealing and then subjecting to a finish annealing, a compositional ratio of CaO in oxide-based inclusions existing in the slab defined by CaO/(SiO.sub.2+Al.sub.2O.sub.3+CaO) is set to not less than 0.4 and/or a compositional ratio of Al.sub.2O.sub.3 defined by Al.sub.2O.sub.3/(SiO.sub.2+Al.sub.2O.sub.3+CaO) is set to not less than 0.3, and a coiling temperature in the hot rolling is set to not lower than 650° C.