US2024352563A1PendingUtilityA1

Steel material having high strength and excellent impact toughness, and manufacturing method therefor

Assignee: POSCO CO LTDPriority: Dec 14, 2021Filed: Nov 1, 2022Published: Oct 24, 2024
Est. expiryDec 14, 2041(~15.4 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
C21D 8/02C22C 38/06C22C 38/14C22C 38/12C22C 38/08C22C 38/04C22C 38/02C22C 38/002C22C 38/001C21D 2211/009C21D 2211/005C21D 9/46C21D 8/0226C22C 38/16C21D 8/0263C21D 8/0205
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Abstract

The present invention relates to: a steel material having high strength and excellent impact toughness, the steel material being usable for a land wind power generator and the like; and a method for manufacturing same.

Claims

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1 . A steel material having high strength and excellent impact toughness, comprising:
 by weight, C: 0.12 to 0.18%, Si: 0.2 to 0.5%. Mn: 1.0 to 1.7%, P: 0.012% or less, S: 0.003% or less, Al: 0.015 to 0.045%, Nb: 0.02 to 0.05%, V: 0.01 to 0.08%, Ti: 0.005 to 0.017%, N: 0.002 to 0.01%, and a remainder of Fe and inevitable impurities;   wherein a carbon equivalent (Ceq) of the following [Relationship 1] is 0.48 or less,   a microstructure comprises 60 to 85% of ferrite by area fraction and remaining pearlite, and the microstructure includes at least one precipitate of NbC or VC, and a size of the precipitates is 50 nm or less:   
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     Ceq 
                     = 
                     
                       C 
                       + 
                       
                         Mn 
                         / 
                         6 
                       
                       + 
                       
                         
                           ( 
                           
                             Cr 
                             + 
                             Mo 
                             + 
                             V 
                           
                           ) 
                         
                         / 
                         5 
                       
                       + 
                       
                         
                           ( 
                           
                             Cu 
                             + 
                             Ni 
                           
                           ) 
                         
                         / 
                         15 
                       
                     
                   
                 
                 
                   
                     [ 
                     
                       Relationship 
                       ⁢ 
                           
                       1 
                     
                     ] 
                   
                 
               
             
           
         
         Where C, Mn, Cr, Mo, V, Cu, and Ni are amounts (% by weight) of respective components. 
       
     
     
         2 . The steel material of  claim 1 , further comprising at least one of Cu: 0.5% or less or Ni: 0.5% or less. 
     
     
         3 . The steel material of  claim 1 , wherein a grain size of the ferrite is 30 μm or less. 
     
     
         4 . The steel material of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one precipitate of NbC or VC is provided in a grain of the ferrite. 
     
     
         5 . The steel material of  claim 1 , wherein, when the steel material is evaluated perpendicular to a rolling direction at a t/4 point in a thickness direction (where t means a thickness (mm) of the steel material), a yield strength is 370 MPa or more, a tensile strength is 520 MPa or more, and an average Charpy impact absorption energy (CVN, −20° C.) value at a temperature of −20° C. is 40 J or more. 
     
     
         6 . A method of manufacturing a steel material having high strength and excellent impact toughness, comprising:
 heating a steel slab comprising, by weight, C: 0.12 to 0.18%, Si: 0.2 to 0.5%. Mn: 1.0 to 1.7%, P: 0.012% or less, S: 0.003% or less, Al: 0.015 to 0.045%, Nb: 0.02 to 0.05%, V: 0.01 to 0.08%, Ti: 0.005 to 0.017%, N: 0.002 to 0.01%, and a remainder of Fe and inevitable impurities, and in which a carbon equivalent (Ceq) of the following [Relationship 1] is 0.48 or less, under conditions of the following [Relationship 2]; and   rough-rolling the heated steel slab at a temperature within a range of 900 to 1100° C., and then finishing hot-rolling to Ar3 or higher after the rough-rolling:   
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     Ceq 
                     = 
                     
                       C 
                       + 
                       
                         Mn 
                         / 
                         6 
                       
                       + 
                       
                         
                           ( 
                           
                             Cr 
                             + 
                             Mo 
                             + 
                             V 
                           
                           ) 
                         
                         / 
                         5 
                       
                       + 
                       
                         
                           ( 
                           
                             Cu 
                             + 
                             Ni 
                           
                           ) 
                         
                         / 
                         15 
                       
                     
                   
                 
                 
                   
                     [ 
                     
                       Relationship 
                       ⁢ 
                           
                       1 
                     
                     ] 
                   
                 
               
             
           
         
         Where C, Mn, Cr, Mo, V, Cu, and Ni are amounts (% by weight) of respective components. 
       
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       Slab 
                       ⁢ 
                           
                       Extraction 
                       ⁢ 
                           
                       Temperature 
                       ⁢ 
                           
                       
                         ( 
                         
                           ° 
                           ⁢ 
                               
                           
                             C 
                             . 
                           
                         
                         ) 
                       
                     
                     > 
                     
                       
                         10300 
                         / 
                         
                           { 
                           
                             4.09 
                             - 
                             
                               log 
                               ⁡ 
                               ( 
                               
                                 
                                   
                                     
                                       
                                         [ 
                                         Nb 
                                         ] 
                                       
                                       [ 
                                       C 
                                       ] 
                                     
                                     0.24 
                                   
                                   [ 
                                   N 
                                   ] 
                                 
                                 0.65 
                               
                               ) 
                             
                           
                           } 
                         
                       
                       - 
                       273 
                     
                   
                 
                 
                   
                     [ 
                     
                       Relationship 
                       ⁢ 
                           
                       2 
                     
                     ] 
                   
                 
               
             
           
         
         Where [Nb], [C], and [N] mean an amount (% by weight) in an alloy composition, respectively. 
       
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the steel slab further comprises at least one of Cu: 0.5% or less or Ni:
 0.5% or less.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the slab extraction temperature is 1200° C. or lower.

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