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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2013
Kobe Steel, Ltd., Kobe-shi, JP;
Elijah Kakiuchi, Kobe, JP;
Toshio Murakami, Kobe, JP;
Katsura Kajihara, Kobe, JP;
Tatsuya Asai, Kakogawa, JP;
Naoki Mizuta, Kakogawa, JP;
Hideo Hata, Kobe, JP;
Kobe Steel, Ltd., Kobe-shi, JP;
Abstract
This high-strength steel sheet contains, in mass %, 0.05 to 0.3% of C, 1 to 3% of Si, 0.5 to 3% of Mn, up to 0.1% (inclusive of 0%) of P, up to 0.01% (inclusive of 0%) of S, 0.001 to 0.1% of Al and 0.002 to 0.03% of N with the balance consisting of iron and unavoidable impurities, and has a microstructure which comprises, in area fraction relative to the microstructure, 40 to 85% of bainitic ferrite, 5 to 20% of retained austenite (γ), 10 to 50% (in total) of martensite and γ, and 5 to 40% of ferrite. The retained austenite (γ) has a C concentration of 0.5 to 1.0 mass %, while the quantity of γpresent in the ferrite grains is 1% or more (in area fraction) relative to the microstructure.