High-carbon hot-rolled steel sheet and method for manufacturing the same

Abstract

A high-carbon hot-rolled steel sheet having a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.20% or more and 0.40% or less, Si: 0.10% or less, Mn: 0.50% or less, P: 0.03% or less, S: 0.010% or less, sol.A1: 0.10% or less, N: 0.0050% or less, B: 0.0005% or more and 0.0050% or less, and at least one of Sb, Sn, Bi, Ge, Te, and Se in an amount of 0.002% or more and 0.030% or less in total. The steel sheet has a microstructure including ferrite and cementite, in which the density of cementite in the ferrite grains is 0.08 pieces/m 2 or less. Additionally, the steel sheet has a hardness of 73 or less in terms of HRB and a total elongation of 39% or more.

1 . A high-carbon hot-rolled steel sheet having a chemical composition-containing, by mass %, comprising:
 C: 0.20% or more and 0.40% or less, by mass %;   Si: 0.10% or less, by mass %;   Mn: 0.50% or less, by mass %;   P: 0.03% or less, by mass %;   S: 0.010% or less, by mass %;   sol.Al: 0.10% or less, by mass %:,   N: 0.0050% or less, by mass %;   B: 0.0005% or more and 0.0050% or less, by mass %;   at least one of Sb, Sn, Bi, Ge, Te, and Se in an amount of 0.002% or more and 0.030% or less in total, by mass %; and   Fe and inevitable impurities,   wherein:
 a proportion of a content of a solid solution B to a content of B is 70% or more, 
 the steel sheet has a microstructure including ferrite and cementite, 
 the density of cementite in ferrite grains is 0.08 pieces/μm 2  or less, 
 the steel sheet has a hardness of 73 or less in terms of HRB, and 
 the steel sheet has a total elongation of 39% or more. 
   
     
     
         2 . The high-carbon hot-rolled steel sheet according to  claim 1 , wherein the chemical composition of the steel sheet further comprises at least one of Ni, Cr, and Mo in an amount of 0.50% or less in total, by mass %. 
     
     
         3 . The high-carbon hot-rolled steel sheet according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 an average grain diameter of all the cementite in the steel sheet is 0.60 μm or more and 1.00 μm or less, and   an average grain diameter of the cementite in the ferrite grains is 0.40 μm or more.   
     
     
         4 . A method for manufacturing a high-carbon hot-rolled steel sheet, the method comprising:
 performing hot rough rolling on steel, the steel having a chemical composition comprising:   C: 0.20% or more and 0.40% or less, by mass %.   Si: 0.10% or less, bv mass %,   Mn: 0.50% or less, by mass %,   P: 0.03% or less, by mass %,   S: 0.010% or less, by mass %,   sol.Al: 0.10% or less, by mass %,   N: 0.0050% or   B: 0.0005% or more and 0.0050% or less, by mass %,   at least one of Sb, Sn, Bi, Ge, Te, and Se in an amount of 0.002% or more and 0.030% or less in total, by mass %, and   and inevitable impurities,   then, after the hot rough rolling, performing finish rolling with a finishing delivery temperature equal to or higher than the Ar a  transformation temperature and 870° C. or lower:,   then, after the finish rolling, cooling the hot-rolled steel sheet to a temperature of 700° C. at an average cooling rate of 25° C./s or more and 150° C./s or less;   then, after the cooling, coiling the cooled steel sheet at a coiling temperature of 500° C. or higher and 700° C. or lower in order to obtain a steel sheet having a microstructure including pearlite and, in terms of volume fraction, 5% or more of pro-eutectoid ferrite: and   then, after the coiling, annealing the steel sheet at a temperature equal to or lower than the Ac 1  transformation temperature.   
     
     
         5 . The method for manufacturing a high-carbon hot-rolled steel sheet according to  claim 4 , wherein the chemical composition of the steel further comprises at least one of Ni, Cr, and Mo in an amount of 0.50% or less in total. total, by mass %. 
     
     
         6 . The high-carbon hot-rolled steel sheet according to  claim 1 , wherein the density of the cementite in the ferrite grains is 0.06 pieces/μm 2  or less, 
     
     
         7 . The high-carbon hot-rolled steel sheet according to  claim 1 , wherein the microstructure of the steel sheet further includes pearlite and, in terms of volume fraction, 5% or more of pro-eutectoid ferrite. 
     
     
         8 . The method for manufacturing a high-carbon hot-rolled steel sheet according to  claim 4 , wherein:
 the steel sheet has a microstructure including ferrite and cementite, and   the density of cementite in ferrite grains is 0.08 pieces/μm 2  or less.   
     
     
         9 . The method for manufacturing a high-carbon hot-rolled steel sheet according to  claim 8 , wherein the density of the cementite in the ferrite grains is 0.06 pieces/μm 2  or less. 
     
     
         10 . The method for manufacturing a high-carbon hot-rolled steel sheet according to  claim 4 , wherein the steel sheet has a hardness of 73 or less in terms of HRB. 
     
     
         11 . The method for manufacturing a high-carbon hot-rolled steel sheet according to  claim 4 , wherein the steel sheet has a total elongation of 39% or more.