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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2009
Filed:
May. 19, 2006
Mikako Takeda, Kobe, JP;
Wataru Urushihara, Kobe, JP;
Katsushi Matsumoto, Kobe, JP;
Jun Katoh, Kobe, JP;
Mikako Takeda, Kobe, JP;
Wataru Urushihara, Kobe, JP;
Katsushi Matsumoto, Kobe, JP;
Jun Katoh, Kobe, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.), Kobe-shi, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a steel sheet for dissimilar materials weldbonding to an aluminum material, the steel sheet containing, in mass, C: 0.02 to 0.3%, Si: 0.2 to 5.0%, Mn: 0.2 to 2.0%, and Al: 0.002 to 0.1%, further one or more of Ti: 0.005 to 0.10%, Nb: 0.005 to 0.10%, Cr: 0.05 to 1.0%, and Mo: 0.01 to 1.0%, and the balance consisting of Fe and unavoidable impurities. In the steel sheet, (i) the proportion of the oxide containing Mn and Si by 1 at. % or more in total in the external oxide layer which is newly formed after an original oxide layer having already existed on the surface of the steel sheet is once removed and now exists on the surface of the base steel material of the steel sheet is 50 to 80% in terms of the average proportion of the total length of the oxide to 1 μm length of the interface between the base steel material and the external oxide layer nearly in the horizontal direction, (ii) the proportion of the internal oxide, including oxide at the grain boundary, which exists in the steel region up to the depth of 10 μm from the surface of said base steel material of said steel sheet and contains Mn and Si by 1 at. % or more in total is 3% or more to less than 10% in terms of the average area percentage of said internal oxide in the visual field of 10 μmof said steel region, (iii) the proportion of the internal oxide, including oxide at the grain boundary, which exists in the steel region exceeding 10 μm in depth from the surface of said base steel material of said steel sheet and contains Mn and Si by 1 at. % or more in total is 0.1% or less in terms of the average area percentage of said internal oxide in the visual field of 10 μmof said steel region.