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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2017
Jfe Steel Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Noriaki Kohsaka, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshikazu Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Takeo Kikuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshimasa Himei, Tokyo, JP;
JFE Steel Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided are a steel sheet having a tensile strength of 950 MPa or more and good toughness and a method for manufacturing the same. The steel sheet has a specific composition and a metallographic structure containing: a ferrite area fraction of 30% or less (including 0%), a tempered martensite area fraction of 70% or more (including 100%), and a retained austenite area fraction of 4.5% or less (including 0%), wherein the average aspect ratio of an iron based carbide, precipitated in tempered martensite grains, having a grain size in the largest 10% is 3.5 or more.