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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2023
Nippon Steel Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Matsuba, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Mitsunobu, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Uranaka, Tokyo, JP;
Toyomitsu Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To further improve electrodeposition coating properties in a weld bead zone. A welded joint according to the present invention includes: a first steel sheet and a second steel sheet; and a weld bead zone formed by arc welding or laser welding, wherein at least one of the first steel sheet or the second steel sheet has a plating layer composed of a predetermined component and an oxide layer located on the plating layer in a non-heat-affected zone, and the weld bead zone has a weld metal and a slag layer formed on part of a surface of the weld metal, and the slag layer contains, by mass % when oxygen is excluded, Al: 1.0 to 45.0% and Mg: 1.0 to 30.0%, with the balance composed of Fe, easily oxidizable metallic elements, and impurities.