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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1998
Atsushi Komatsu, Izumi, JP;
Takao Tsujimura, Osaka, JP;
Kouichi Watanabe, Sakai, JP;
Nobuhiko Yamaki, Osaka-fu, JP;
Atsushi Andoh, Osaka-fu, JP;
Toshiharu Kittaka, Osaka-fu, JP;
Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A hot-dip Zn—Al—Mg plated steel sheet good in corrosion resistance and surface appearance that is a hot-dip Zn-base plated steel sheet obtained by forming on a surface of a steel sheet a hot-dip Zn—Al—Mg plating layer composed of Al: 4.0-10 wt. %, Mg: 1.0-4.0 wt. % and the balance of Zn and unavoidable impurities, the plating layer having a metallic structure including a primary crystal Al phase or a primary crystal Al phase and a Zn single phase in a matrix of Al/Zn/Zn,Mg ternary eutectic structure. To obtain a plating layer possessing this metallic structure, the cooling rate of the plating layer adhering to a steel strip extracted from a plating bath and the plating bath temperature are appropriately controlled in a continuous hot-dip plating machine and/or appropriate amounts of Ti and B are added to the bath. Occurrence of a stripe pattern peculiar to this plated steel sheet is controlled by morphology control of a Mg-containing oxide film up to solidification of the plating layer or by adding an appropriate amount of Be to the plating bath.