Jfe Steel Corporation

Yoichiro Matsui

Shinjiro Kaneko

Yoshihiko Ono

Hiroyuki Akimoto

Takeshi Yokota

Yuka Miyamoto

Junya Tobata

Shogo Sato

Yasushi Kitani

Tadachika Chiba

A steel sheet has a specified chemical composition and a specified steel microstructure. An average grain size of ferrite and/or bainitic ferrite is 7.0 μm or less. On the basis of a distribution in the width direction of the steel sheet, a ratio of a deviation of the grain size of the ferrite and/or the bainitic ferrite to the average grain size of the ferrite and/or the bainitic ferrite is 10% or less. On the basis of a distribution in the width direction of the steel sheet, a ratio of a deviation of the area fraction of as-quenched martensite to the area fraction of the as-quenched martensite is 10% or less. On the basis of a distribution in the width direction of the steel sheet, a ratio of a deviation of the area fraction of retained austenite to the area fraction of the retained austenite is 10% or less.

Steel sheet, member, and methods for manufacturing the same

The steel sheet has a steel microstructure containing ferrite: 6% to 90% by area, a microstructure composed of one or more of upper bainite, fresh martensite, tempered martensite, lower bainite, and retained γ: 10% to 94% by area in total, and retained γ: 3% to 20% by volume, a ratio (S/S)×100(%) of an area ratio Sof an upper bainite with a width in the range of 0.8 to 7 μm, a length in the range of 2 to 15 μm, and an aspect ratio of 2.2 or more in contact with retained γwith a grain width in the range of 0.17 to 0.80 μm and an aspect ratio in the range of 4 to 25 to an area ratio Sof the microstructure composed of one or more of upper bainite, fresh martensite, tempered martensite, lower bainite, and retained γ ranges from 2.0% to 15%.

Steel sheet and method for producing the same

A steel sheet having a specified chemical composition and a method for producing the steel sheet. The steel sheet has a microstructure comprising ferrite: 5% or less, and at least one of upper bainite, fresh martensite, tempered martensite, lower bainite, and retained γ: 95% to 100% by area percentage, and retained γ: 4% to 15% by volume percentage. Retained γhas a specified area percentage S, retained γhas a specified distribution number N, and at least one of (i) fresh martensite has a specified equivalent circular grain diameter and aspect ratio and (ii) retained γ grains has a specified equivalent circular grain diameter and aspect ratio.

A steel sheet and a member excellent in cold workability, hardenability, and post-quenching surface layer hardness, and methods for manufacturing the steel sheet and the member. The steel sheet has a specified chemical composition and a microstructure containing ferrite and carbides, a ratio of the volume of ferrite and carbides to the volume of the entire microstructure is 90% or more, a ratio of the volume of proeutectoid ferrite to the volume of the entire microstructure is 20% or more and 80% or less, a Mn concentration in the carbides is 0.10 mass % or more and 0.50 mass % or less, and a ratio of the number of carbides with particle diameters of 1 μm or more to the total number of carbides is 30% or more and 60% or less.

Steel sheet and member, and methods for manufacturing same

A steel sheet having a specified chemical composition and a method for producing the steel sheet. The steel sheet has a microstructure comprising ferrite: 5% or less, and at least one of upper bainite, fresh martensite, tempered martensite, lower bainite, and retained γ: 95% to 100%, and retained γ: 5% to 20%. Retained γhas a specified area percentage S, retained γhas a specified distribution number N, and at least one of (i) fresh martensite has a specified equivalent circular grain diameter and aspect ratio and (ii) retained γ grains has a specified equivalent circular grain diameter and aspect ratio.

A high-carbon cold rolled steel sheet having a specified chemical composition, and a method for manufacturing the same. The method includes forming a hot rolled steel sheet, performing cooling at an average cooling rate of 30&#xb0; C./s or more and 70&#xb0; C./s or less through a temperature range of a finish rolling end temperature to 660&#xb0; C., coiling a hot rolled steel sheet at a temperature of 500&#xb0; C. or more and 660&#xb0; C. or less, and, optionally, pickling the coiled hot rolled steel sheet, and then performing a first box-annealing of holding at an annealing temperature in a temperature range of 650 to 720&#xb0; C., then performing cold rolling at a rolling reduction ratio of 20 to 50%, and then performing a second box-annealing of holding at an annealing temperature in a temperature range of 650 to 720&#xb0; C.

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