Nippon Steel Corporation

Junji Nakashima

Wataru Ohashi

Katsuhiro Sasai

Tooru Matsumiya

Yoshiaki Kimura

Seiki Nishida

Akinobu Murasato

Takashi Sawai

Yasuharu Sakuma

Ikuo Ochiai

Shigenori Tanaka

Mitsuo Uchimura

Osami Serikawa

The present invention provides a low carbon steel sheet and a low carbon steel slab on which formation of surface defects can be surely prevented by preventing aggregation of inclusions in the molten steel and finely dispersing inclusions in the steel sheet or slab, and a process for producing the steel sheet and slab. The present invention provides a process comprising the steps of decarburizing a molten steel so as to produce a carbon concentration of up to 0.01% by mass, pre-deoxidizing the molten steel by adding Al thereto so as to produce a dissolved oxygen concentration from 0.01 to 0.04% by mass, adding thereto Ti and at least La and/or Ce, and casting the molten steel, and a steel sheet and a steel slab obtained by the process.

Low carbon steel sheet and low carbon steel slab and process for producing same

The present invention provides a steel for steel sheets excellent in workability and showing significantly decreased formation of surface defects, and a method of deoxidizing molten steel for the steel for steel sheets which prevents nozzle clogging during continuous-casting the molten steel. That is, the steel for steel sheets excellent in workability, comprises, based on weight, 0.0001 to 0.0030% of C, up to 0.03% of Si, 0.05 to 0.30% of Mn, up to 0.015% of P, 0.001 to 0.015% of S, up to 0.008% of Al, 0.02 to 0.08% of Ti, 0.0005 to 0.0020% of Ca, 0.0005 to 0.01% of N, optionally containing at least one of 0.001 to 0.02 wt % of Nb and 0.0001 to 0.0010 wt % of B, and the balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities. Moreover, the deoxidation method of the steel for steel sheets comprises properly adjusting addition amounts of Ca and Al as deoxidizing agents for the steel having the chemical composition mentioned above so that the chemical composition of the nonmetallic inclusions is controlled to prevent clogging of the casting nozzle.

Steel for steel excellent in workability and method of deoxidizing same

Steel wire of high strength excellent in fatigue characteristics

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Kimitsu, Japan

Junji Nakashima