Disclosed are a low-silicon and low-carbon equivalent GPa grade multi-phase steel plate/steel strip and a manufacturing method therefor. The steel plate/steel strip comprises the following components in percentages by weight: 0.03-0.07% of C, 0.1-0.5% of Si, 1.7-2.0% of Mn, P<0.02%, S<0.01%, N<0.01%, 0.01-0.05% of Al, 0.4-0.7% of Cr, 0.001-0.005% of B, and 0.07-0.15% of Ti, and also comprises one or both of 0.15-0.4% of Mo or 0.02-0.08% of Nb, with the balance being Fe and other inevitable impurities; and at the same time, the steel plate/steel strip satisfies: the content of available B*>0.001, the content of available B*=B-[Ti-3.4N-1.2(C—Nb/7.8)]/22, CE<0.58, and CE=C+Mn/6+(Cr+Mo+V)/5+(Si+Ni+Cu)/15. The steel plate has a tensile strength of >980 MPa and a yield strength of >780 MPa, and the hole expansion rate satisfies: if an original hole is a punched hole, the hole expansion rate is >50%; and if the original hole is a reamed hole, the hole expansion rate is >60%. The steel plate is mainly used in the preparation of vehicle chassis and suspension system parts.

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)

Method for the manufacture of a galvannealed steel sheet includes the following steps: A) the provision of a pre-coated steel sheet coated with a first coating comprising iron and nickel, such steel sheet having the following chemical composition in weight percent 0.10<C<0.40%, 1.5<Mn<3.0%, 0.7<Si<2.0%, 0.05<Al<1.0%, 0.75<(Si+Al)<3.0% and on a purely optional basis, one or more elements such as Nb≤0.5%, B≤0.005%, Cr≤1.0%, Mo≤0.50%, Ni≤1.0%, Ti≤0.5%, the remainder of the composition making up of iron and inevitable impurities resulting from the elaboration, B) the thermal treatment of such pre-coated steel sheet at a temperature between 600 to 1000° C., C) the hot-dip coating of the steel sheet obtained in step B) with a second coating based on zinc and D) an alloying treatment to form a galvannealed steel sheet.

A steel sheet includes a predetermined composition, in which a microstructure at a ¼ thickness position from a surface in a sheet thickness direction includes, by vol %, ferrite: 80% or more, martensite: 2% or less, and residual austenite: 2% or less, a proportion of unrecrystallized ferrite in the ferrite of 5% or less, and in the microstructure of the steel sheet stretched by 10% at the ¼ thickness position from the surface in the sheet thickness direction, a number density of voids having a maximum diameter of 1.0 μm or more is 1.0×10.sup.9 pieces/m.sup.2 or less.

A method for applying a metallic protective coating to a surface of a steel product, where another surface is to remain free from the metallic protective coating, may involve applying the metallic protective coating by hot dip coating in a hot dip coating bath. A preliminary coating may be applied to the surface that is to remain free from the metallic protective coating prior to the hot dip coating. The preliminary coating may include SiO.sub.2 and may prevent the metallic protective coating from adhering to the intended surface during hot dip coating. Thus one surface of a steel product may be provided with a metallic protective coating, and another surface of the steel product may be kept free from the protective coating, all with a minimum of cost and complexity and with optimized resource economics. Further, the preliminary coating, deposited from a gas phase to that surface of the steel product that is to be kept free from the metallic protective coating, may be a layer that includes amorphous silicon dioxide and has a layer thickness of 0.5-500 nm.”

The present disclosure relates to a zinc plated steel sheet having excellent fatigue strength of electrical resistance spot welds and a method for manufacturing the same. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a zinc plated steel sheet includes a base steel sheet and a zinc-based plating layer formed on a surface of the base steel sheet, wherein a concentration profile of one or two of oxygen, and silicon and manganese measured in a depth direction from the surface of the base steel sheet has a maximum point in the depth direction from the surface, and an absolute value of a difference between a depth at which the maximum point of the concentration profile of oxygen is formed and a depth at which the maximum point of the concentration profile of one of silicon and manganese is formed is 0.5 μm or less.

The present invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a coated steel sheet comprising the following successive steps: A. the coating of the steel sheet with a first coating consisting of nickel and having a thickness between 600 nm and 1400 nm, the steel sheet having the following composition in weight: 0.10<C<0.40%, 1.5<Mn<3.0%, 0.7<Si<3.0%, 0.05<Al<1.0%, 0.75<(Si+Al)<3.0%, and on a purely optional basis, one or more elements such as Nb≤0.5%, B≤0.010%, Cr≤1.0%, Mo≤0.50%, Ni≤1.0%, Ti≤0.5%, the remainder of the composition making up of iron and inevitable impurities resulting from the elaboration, B. the recrystallization annealing at a temperature between 820 to 1200° C., C. the coating with a second coating based on zinc not comprising nickel.

Provided is a plated steel material which can be used for an automobile, a household appliance, a building material, and the like and, more particularly, to a zinc alloy plated steel material having excellent corrosion resistance after being processed and a method for manufacturing the same.

An exemplary embodiment in the present disclosure provides a hot-dip Zn—Al—Mg-based alloy-plated steel material having excellent corrosion resistance in a processed portion, and a method for manufacturing the same. The steel material includes: an iron substrate; and a hot-dip alloy-plated layer formed on the iron substrate, wherein the hot-dip alloy-plated layer contains, by wt %, more than 8% to 25% of Al, more than 4% to 12% of Mg, and a balance of Zn and inevitable impurities, a fraction of a MgZn2 phase in the hot-dip alloy-plated layer is 10 to 45 area %, cracks are formed inside the MgZn2 phase, and the number of cracks present per 100 μm in a direction perpendicular to a thickness direction of a steel sheet in a field of view in which the cracks are observed based on a cross section in the thickness direction of the steel sheet is 3 to 80.

The present disclosure relates to a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having excellent surface quality and electrical resistance spot weldability, and a method for manufacturing the same. A galvanized steel sheet according to an aspect of the present disclosure is a galvanized steel sheet including a base steel sheet and a zinc-based plating layer formed on a surface of the base steel sheet, wherein a ratio (a/b) of a hardness of a surface layer portion (a) to a hardness of an internal portion (b) of the base steel sheet may be less than 0.95.