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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2020
Nippon Steel Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides steel sheet having both bendability and hydrogen embrittlement resistance. The steel sheet of the present invention includes a central part of sheet thickness and a surface sort part formed at one side or both sides of the central part of sheet thickness. The microstructure of the central part of sheet thickness comprises, by volume ratio, 60% or more of tempered martensite, respectively less than 30% of ferrite, bainite, pearlite, and retained austenite, and less than 5% of as-quenched martensite. A thickness of the surface soft part is more than 10 μm per side and 15% or less of a thickness of the central part of sheet thickness, an average hardness of the surface soft part is 0.90 time or less of an average hardness of the central part of sheet thickness, the surface soft part includes carbides in a number density of 1×10/mmor more, an average particle size of the carbides is 0.250 μm or less, and a standard deviation of a log of a particle size is 0.05 or less.