Nippon Steel Corporation

Kyulux, Inc.

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation

Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.

Toray Industries, Inc.

Toshiba Mitsubishi-electric Industrial Systems Corporation

The University of Tokyo

Hirata Corporation

Tmeic Corporation

Takehiro Takahashi

Takuya Mitsunobu

Hiroshi Takebayashi

Kiyokazu Ishizuka

Jun Maki

Yasuto Goto

Kohei Tokuda

Chihaya Adachi

Mamoru Saito

Akinobu Kobayashi

Daisuke Maeda

Takuma Yasuda

Hiroyuki Meguro

Katsuyuki Shizu

Yasuaki Kawamura

Mie Kaino

Kenichiroh Matsumura

Takumi Aoki

Kozue Takagaki

Shinya Yokosaka

Shinnosuke Hayashi

Martial Vallet

Kazuya Osumi

Takeshi Yamamoto

Hiroshi Osawa

Takeshi Imai

Kazunori Togashi

Hiroshi Kanai

Makoto Nakazawa

Hiroki Fujimoto

Takeshi Toyoda

Michio Kaneko

Hirokazu Kuwabara

Ikuo Kikuchi

Takashi Kadowaki

Hideyoshi Kitahara

Hiroyoshi Komatsu

Tetsuya Kubota

Junichi Izumida

Keitaro Matsuda

Hiroki Kumagai

Akira Satou

Naoto Kubota

Yukihisa Iijima

Rie Sasaki

Takumi Shibata

Jun-Ichi Nishide

William John Potscavage, Jr

Yasuhide Hiraga

Masahiro Yui

Yousuke Yamada

Makoto Akahoshi

Misaki Asada

A steel welded member comprising a plurality of Zn-based plated steel materials, each having a Zn-based plating layer on a surface of a steel material, joined together through at least one spot weld, wherein the steel material contains, by mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.40%, Si: 0.2 to 3.0%, and Mn: 0.1 to 5.0%, the steel welded member includes, by area ratio, 20 to 80% of a Γ phase (FeZn) and at least one oxide with a long axis of 0.5 μm or more in a region up to 0.5 mm from an end part of a pressure weld of the spot weld.

Steel welded member

This hot stamped member includes: a steel; and a plating layer formed on the steel, in which the plating layer has a predetermined chemical composition, the plating layer contains a Zn-based oxide including one or two of a Zn oxide and a Zn—Mg oxide having a size of 1.0 μm or more and 10.0 μm or less in a thickness direction of the plating layer and 0.1 μm or more in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction, and in a cross section of the plating layer in the thickness direction, when a length of an interface between the plating layer and the steel is indicated as Le, a sum of lengths of the Zn-based oxide projected onto the interface from an upper surface of the plating layer is indicated as ΣLi, and a sum of lengths of portions of the Zn-based oxide in contact with the plating layer projected onto the interface from the upper surface of the plating layer is indicated as ΣLai, ΣLi/Le≥0.10 and ΣLai/ΣLi≥0.50 are satisfied.

Hot stamped member

A hot stamped steel includes a base material that is formed of steel, a plated layer that is formed on a surface of the base material, and a phosphate coating that is formed on a surface of the plated layer; chemical composition of the plated layer contains 20.00 to 45.00 mass % of Al, 10.00 to 45.00 mass % of Fe, 4.50 to 15.00 mass % of Mg, 0.10 to 3.00 mass % of Si, 0.05 to 3.00 mass % of Ca, and the plated layer may further contain one or more of Sb, Pb, Cu, Sn, Ti, Sr, Cr, Ni, and Mn with a remainder of Zn and impurities; the phosphate coating comprises zinc phosphate crystals containing 5.0 to 50.0 mass % of Mg and 0.5 to 5.0 mass % of Ca; and the adhesion amount of the phosphate coating per one surface is in a range of 0.1 to 10.0 g/m.

Hot stamped steel

This plated steel includes: a steel; and a plating layer formed on the steel, in which the plating layer contains, as a chemical composition, by mass %, Zn: 1.0% to 30.0%, Mg: 0% to 10.0%, Si: 0.05% to 10.0%, Fe: 0 to 10.0%, 0% to 5.00% in total of one or two or more selected from Ca: 0% to 3.00%, Sb: 0% to 0.50%, Pb: 0% to 0.50%, Sr: 0% to 0.50%, Sn: 0% to 1.00%, Cu: 0% to 1.00%, Ti: 0% to 1.00%, Ni: 0% to 1.00%, Mn: 0% to 1.00%, Cr: 0% to 1.00%, La: 0% to 1.00%, Ce: 0% to 1.00%, Zr: 0% to 1.00%, and Hf: 0% to 1.00%, and a remainder of Al and impurities, a microstructure of the plating layer contains an α phase which is a solid solution of Al and Zn, and the α phase contains a Zn phase having a grain size of 10 to 200 nm in a number density of 10/100 μmor more.

Plated steel

This hot-dip Zn-based plated steel sheet includes a steel sheet and a plating layer formed on at least part of a surface of the steel sheet, in which the plating layer has a chemical composition that includes, by mass %, Al: 6.00% to 35.00%, Mg: 2.00% to 12.00%, Ca: 0.005% to 2.00%, Si: 0% to 2.00%, Fe: 0% to 2.00%, Sb: 0% to 0.50%, Sr: 0% to 0.50%, Pb: 0% to 0.50%, Sn; 0% to 1.00%, Cu: 0% to 1.00%, Ti: 0% to 1.00%, Ni: 0% to 1.00%, Mn: 0% to 1.00%, Cr: 0% to 1.00%, and a remainder: Zn and impurities; the plating layer has an area ratio of a MgZnphase in a range of 15% to 60% in a cross section in a thickness direction, and the MgZnphase includes a Ca-based intermetallic compound having a circle equivalent diameter of 0.10 μm or smaller.

Hot-dip Zn-based plated steel sheet

To obtain a welded member using a steel sheet less expensive than a pure Ni sheet as a raw material and excellent in corrosion resistance. A welded member according to the present invention is made by connecting a Ni plated steel sheet having a Ni plating layer and a Fe—Ni diffusion alloy layer and another steel sheet via a welded part, wherein: a Ni concentration is 70 mass % or more and a Fe concentration is 30 mass % or less in a surface layer of each of a toe, a toe near area, and the welded part; and a thickness of the Fe—Ni diffusion alloy layer is 0.5 to 1.5 μm and a total thickness of the Ni plating layer and the Fe—Ni diffusion alloy layer is 2.7 to 14.0 μm at a non-welded part, and a total concentration of S and C in the Ni plating layer at the non-welded part is less than 20 ppm.

Welded member

The present invention relates to a plated steel sheet for hot stamping comprising a steel sheet and a Zn—Ni plating layer formed on at least one surface of the steel sheet, wherein the Zn—Ni plating layer has an Ni concentration of 8 mass % or more, a plating deposition amount of 10 g/mor more and 90 g/mor less per surface, and an average grain size of 50 nm or less.

Plated steel sheet for hot stamping

A Ni-plated steel sheet includes a base steel sheet and a Ni-based coating layer that is disposed on a surface of the base steel sheet. The distribution of carbon concentration in a depth direction obtained by performing GDS analysis on the Ni-plated steel sheet has a peak indicating the carbon concentration that is equal to or more than twice the carbon concentration of a thickness middle portion of the base steel sheet in the vicinity of an interface between the base steel sheet and the Ni-based coating layer.

Ni-plated steel sheet, and method for manufacturing Ni-plated steel sheet

A plated steel sheet for automobile structural members has a steel sheet, a plating layer formed on at least a part of a surface of the steel sheet, and an oxide layer formed on at least a part of a surface of the plating layer, the plating layer has a predetermined chemical composition, and when measurement by XPS is performed at a position 5.0 nm below a surface of the oxide layer in a thickness direction, I/I, which is the ratio of a maximum detected intensity of Mg to a maximum detected intensity of an oxide or hydroxide of Mg, is 0.00 or greater and 1.20 or less.

Plated steel sheet for automobile structural members

A Ni diffusion-plated steel sheet of the present invention includes a base steel sheet and a Fe—Ni diffusion alloy-plating layer positioned on at least one surface of the base steel sheet, an Ni coating weight of the Fe—Ni diffusion alloy-plating layer is 9.0 to 20 g/m, a Fe concentration Cs of an outermost layer of the Fe—Ni diffusion alloy-plating layer is 10 to 55 mass %, the base steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, and a ferrite grain size number specified by JIS G 0551 (2013) of the base steel sheet is 11.0 or more.

Ni diffusion-plated steel sheet and method for manufacturing Ni diffusion-plated steel sheet

The present invention relates to a plated steel sheet for hot stamping comprising a steel sheet and a Zn—Ni plating layer formed on at least one surface of the steel sheet, wherein the Zn—Ni plating layer has an Ni concentration of 8 mass % or more, a plating deposition amount of 10 g/mor more and 90 g/mor less per surface, and an average grain size of 50 nm or more, and a difference between a diffraction peak of the Zn—Ni plating layer after heat treating the plated steel sheet for hot stamping at 200° C. for 1 hour, and a diffraction peak of the Zn—Ni plating layer before heat treating it, is 0.3° or less.

A novel battery container that can be obtained by welding plated steel sheets, has sufficient sealing ability over a long period of time, and is able to keep the base material of the plated steel sheets from being exposed and eluting into the electrolyte solution is provided. That is, a battery case comprised of a container body and a container lid, wherein the container body and the container lid are each comprised of a plated steel sheet, a joint part between the container and the container lid is comprised of a plating welded part containing a main constituent component of the plating of the plated steel sheet in 60 mass % or more and a steel sheet welded part containing the main constituent component of the plating in less than 60 mass %, and the plating welded part has a length of 0.5 μm or more and less than 1.0 mm in a joint longitudinal direction.

Battery case

A hot stamped body comprising a steel base material and an Al—Zn—Mg-based plating layer formed on a surface of the steel base material, wherein the plating layer has a predetermined chemical composition, the plating layer comprises an interfacial layer positioned at an interface with the steel base material and containing Fe and Al and a main layer positioned on the interfacial layer, the main layer comprises, by area ratio, 10.0 to 90.0% of an Mg—Zn containing phase, 5.0 to less than 30.0% of an Fe—Al containing phase, and 2.0 to 25.0% of an Al—Si containing oxide phase, the Mg—Zn containing phase comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of an MgZn phase, MgZnphase, and MgZnphase, and the Fe—Al containing phase comprises at least one of an FeAl phase and Fe—Al—Zn phase.

Hot stamped body

A plated steel sheet includes: a steel sheet; and a plating layer that is formed on at least a part of a surface of the steel sheet, in which a chemical composition of the plating layer includes, b mass %, Al: 6.00% to 35.00 %, Mg: 3.00% to 15.00%, La+Ce: 0.0001% to 0.5000% in total, and Zn, and in a surface of the plating layer, the area ratio of a lamellar structure in which an (Al—Zn) phase and a MgZnphase are arranged in layers is 10% to 95%, the lamellar spacing of the lamellar structure is 2.5 μm or less, and the area ratio of an (Al—Zn) dendrite is 10% or less.

Plated steel sheet

A hot stamped steel includes a base material, a plated layer that is formed on a surface of the base material, and an oxide film that is formed on a surface of the plated layer; chemical composition of the plated layer contains 20.00 to 45.00 mass % of Al, 10.00 to 45.00 mass % of Fe, 4.50 to 15.00 mass % of Mg, 0.10 to 3.00 mass % of Si, 0.05 to 3.00 mass % of Ca, 0 to 0.50 mass % of Sb, 0 to 0.50 mass % of Pb, 0 to 1.00 mass % of Cu, 0 to 1.00 mass % of Sn, 0 to 1.00 mass % of Ti, 0 to 0.50 mass % of Sr, 0 to 1.00 mass % of Cr, 0 to 1.00 mass % of Ni, and 0 to 1.00 mass % of Mn with a remainder of Zn and impurities; and chemical composition of the oxide film contains 20.0 to 55.0 at % of Mg, 0.5 to 15.0 at % of Ca, 0 to 15.0 at % of Zn, and 0 at % or more and less than 10.0 at % of Al with a remainder of O and a total of 5.0 at % or less of impurities, and the adhesion amount of the oxide film per one surface is in a range of 0.01 to 10 g/m.

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