US2024263288A1PendingUtilityA1

Cold rolled steel sheet and method for producing same

Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPPriority: Sep 9, 2021Filed: Aug 24, 2022Published: Aug 8, 2024
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Abstract

A cold rolled steel sheet having a predetermined chemical composition, and a steel microstructure comprising, by area %, martensite: 90.0 to 99.5%, ferrite: 0 to 5%, retained austenite: 0.5 to 7.0%, and balance: bainite wherein a ratio of tempered martensite to the total martensite is 80 to 100%, a maximum value of curvature 1/R obtained by measuring the shape at a total width×length 300 mm region and expressed by the following formula (1) is 0.010 or less, and a tensile strength of 1470 MPa or more: 1 / R = MAX ⁢ { ❘ "\[LeftBracketingBar]" ρ 1 ❘ "\[RightBracketingBar]" , ❘ "\[LeftBracketingBar]" ρ 2 ❘ "\[RightBracketingBar]" } . ( 1 )

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1 . A cold rolled steel sheet having a chemical composition comprising, by mass %,
 C: 0.16 to 0.40%,   Si: 0.05 to 2.00%,   Mn: 0.50 to 4.00%,   P: 0.050% or less,   S: 0.0100% or less,   Al: 0.001 to 1.00%,   N: 0.0100% or less,   O: 0.0050% or less,   Cr: 0 to 2.00%,   Mo: 0 to 1.00%,   Cu: 0 to 1.00%,   Ni: 0 to 1.00%,   B: 0 to 0.0100%,   Co: 0 to 1.00%,   W: 0 to 1.00%,   Sn: 0 to 1.00%,   Sb: 0 to 1.00%,   Nb: 0 to 0.100%,   Ti: 0 to 0.200%,   V: 0 to 0.50%,   Ca: 0 to 0.0100%,   Mg: 0 to 0.0100%,   Ce: 0 to 0.0100%,   Zr: 0 to 0.0100%,   La: 0 to 0.0100%,   Hf: 0 to 0.0100%,   Bi: 0 to 0.0100%,   REM other than Ce and La: 0 to 0.0100%, and   balance: Fe and impurities, and   a steel microstructure in a range of ⅛ thickness to ⅜ thickness centered on ¼ thickness from the surface comprising, by area %,   martensite: 90.0 to 99.5%,   ferrite: 0 to 5%,   retained austenite: 0.5 to 7.0%, and   balance: bainite,   wherein a ratio of tempered martensite to the total martensite is 80 to 100%,   a maximum value of curvature 1/R obtained by measuring the shape at a total width×length 300 mm region and expressed by the following formula (1) is 0.010 or less, and   a tensile strength is 1470 MPa or more,   
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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         where, 
         1/R: curvature 
         ρ1 and ρ2: main curvatures on curved surface. 
       
     
     
         2 . The cold rolled steel sheet according to  claim 1 , wherein the chemical composition comprises, by mass %, one or more of:
 Cr: 0.001 to 2.00%,   Mo: 0.001 to 1.00%,   Cu: 0.001 to 1.00%,   Ni: 0.001 to 1.00%,   B: 0.0001 to 0.0100%,   Co: 0.001 to 1.00%,   W: 0.001 to 1.00%,   Sn: 0.001 to 1.00%,   Sb: 0.001 to 1.00%,   Nb: 0.001 to 0.100%,   Ti: 0.001 to 0.200%,   V: 0.001 to 0.50%,   Ca: 0.0001 to 0.0100%,   Mg: 0.0001 to 0.0100%,   Ce: 0.0001 to 0.0100%,   Zr: 0.0001 to 0.0100%,   La: 0.0001 to 0.0100%,   Hf: 0.0001 to 0.0100%,   Bi: 0.0001 to 0.0100%, and   REM other than Ce and La: 0.0001 to 0.0100%.   
     
     
         3 . The cold rolled steel sheet according to  claim 1 , wherein no fracture occurs at sheared surfaces in a hydrogen embrittlement test of shearing the cold rolled steel sheet, then heat treating it at 170° C. for 10 minutes, and then immersing it in a concentration 0.3 g/L ammonium thiocyanate aqueous solution for 48 hours. 
     
     
         4 . The cold rolled steel sheet according to  claim 1 , wherein the cold rolled steel sheet has any of an electrogalvanized layer, hot dip galvanized layer, and hot dip galvannealed layer on the surface thereof. 
     
     
         5 . A method for producing the cold rolled steel sheet according to  claim 1 , comprising
 (A) a hot rolling step comprising rough rolling and finish rolling a slab having a chemical composition according to  claim 1 , wherein the hot rolling step satisfies the conditions of the following (A1) to (A3):
 (A1) a slab heating temperature is 1150° C. or more, 
 (A2) width edge parts is heated so that a temperature of the width edge parts of the steel sheet after rough rolling is 10 to 150° C. higher than a temperature of a width center part, and 
 (A3) a coiling temperature is 450 to 650° C., 
   (B) a cold rolling step comprising cold rolling the obtained hot rolled steel sheet using a tandem mill consisting of N number (N≥3) of rolling stands, wherein a cumulative cold rolling reduction is 30% or more, and the cold rolling step satisfies the following formulas (2) and (3):   
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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         R k : rolling reduction at k-th rolling stand 
         Pb k : backward tension at k-th rolling stand 
         Pf k : forward tension at k-th rolling stand 
         σ k−1 : flow stress of steel sheet after passing k−1-th rolling stand 
         σ k : flow stress of steel sheet after passing k-th rolling stand 
         σ 0 : yield strength of hot rolled steel sheet 
         ε k : cumulative strain after passing k-th rolling stand 
         (C) a heat treatment step comprising heat treating the obtained cold rolled steel sheet, wherein the heat treatment step satisfies the conditions of the following (C1) to (C3):
 (C1) holding the cold rolled steel sheet at Ac3 to 950° C. for 10 seconds to 500 seconds (heating and holding), 
 (C2) performing cooling treatment satisfying the following (i) to (v):
 (i) cooling stop temperature T1 is 110 to 250° C., 
 (ii) average cooling rate from 300 to 700° C. is 20 to 150° C./s, 
 (iii) average cooling rate from T1 to 300° C. is 1.0 to 20° C./s and a gas is used as a cooling medium, 
 (iv) naturally cooling of 0.5 second or more each time is performed at least one time from Ms to 700° C. and from T1 to less than Ms, and 
 (v) tension applied to the cold rolled steel sheet is 5 to 20 MPa, and 
 
 (C3) holding from 200 to 300° C. for 100 to 1000 seconds (low temperature holding).

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