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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2019
Posco, Pohang-si, KR;
Jae-Seung Lee, Pohang-si, KR;
Yo-Sep Yang, Pohang-si, KR;
In-Gyu Park, Pohang-si, KR;
Han-Hwi Kim, Pohang-si, KR;
POSCO CO., LTD, Pohang-si, KR;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a steel wire rod enabling the omission of softening heat treatment and a method of manufacturing same. An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a steel wire rod enabling the omission of softening heat treatment and a method of manufacturing same, the steel wire rod comprising, in weight %, 0.2-0.45% of C, 0.02-0.4% of Si, 0.3-1.5% of Mn, 0.01-1.5% of Cr, 0.02-0.05% of Al, 0.01-0.5% of Mo, 0.01% or less of N, and the balance Fe and other unavoidable impurities, wherein the microstructure of the steel wire rod is a composite structure of proeutectoid ferrite+perlite as a main phase; the steel wire rod contains 10 area % or less (including 0%) of at least one of bainite or martensite; and the average colony size of the perlite is 5 μm or less.