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Hot-rolled steel sheet

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Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPPriority: Sep 8, 2022Filed: Sep 7, 2023Published: Mar 26, 2026
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Abstract

This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in a microstructure at a depth position of 1/4 from a surface in a sheet thickness direction, in terms of area %, residual austenite is less than 3.0%, ferrite is 15.0% or more and less than 60.0%, and pearlite is less than 5.0%, an E value is 10.7 or more, an I value is 1.020 or more, a CS value is −8.0×105 to 8.0×105, a standard deviation of Mn concentrations is 0.60 mass % or less, a solute Cr concentration in an outermost layer region is 0.10 mass % or more, a number density of Cr oxides having a sphere equivalent radius of 0.1 μm or more at the surface is 1.0×104 pieces/cm2 or less.

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1 . A hot-rolled steel sheet comprising, in terms of mass %, as a chemical composition:
 C: 0.050% to 0.250%;   Si: 0.05% to 3.00%;   Mn: 1.00% to 4.00%;   sol. Al: 0.001% to 0.500%;   Cr: 0.060% to 2.000%;   P: 0.100% or less;   S: 0.0300% or less;   N: 0.1000% or less;   O: 0.0100% or less;   Ti: 0% to 0.500%;   Nb: 0% to 0.500%;   V: 0% to 0.500%;   Cu: 0% to 2.00%;   Mo: 0% to 1.00%;   Ni: 0% to 2.00%;   B: 0% to 0.0100%;   Ca: 0% to 0.0200%;   Mg: 0% to 0.0200%;   REM: 0% to 0.1000%;   Bi: 0% to 0.0200%;   As: 0% to 0.100%;   Zr: 0% to 1.00%;   Co: 0% to 1.00%;   Zn: 0% to 1.00%;   W: 0% to 1.00%;   Sn: 0% to 0.05%; and   a remainder comprising Fe and impurities,   the following formulas (A) and (B) are satisfied,   wherein a microstructure at a depth position of 1/4 from a surface in a sheet thickness direction has,   in terms of area %,
 residual austenite at less than 3.0%, 
 ferrite at 15.0% or more and less than 60.0%, and 
 pearlite at less than 5.0%, 
 an Entropy value indicated by the following formula (1) is 10.7 or more, 
   an Inverse difference normalized value indicated by the following formula (2) is 1.020 or more, and   a Cluster Shade value indicated by the following formula (3) is −8.0×10 5  to 8.0×10 5 , which are obtained by analyzing SEM images of the microstructure with a gray level co-occurrence matrices method,   a standard deviation of Mn concentrations is 0.60 mass % or less,   a solute Cr concentration in an outermost layer region whose starting point is the surface and ending point is a position of 5 μm depth in the sheet thickness direction is 0.10 mass % or more,   a number density of Cr oxides having a sphere equivalent radius of 0.1 μm or more at the surface is 1.0×10 4  pieces/cm 2  or less,   
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       
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         2 . The hot-rolled steel sheet according to  claim 1 , wherein an average grain size in a surface layer region whose starting point is the surface and ending point is a position of 20 μm depth in the sheet thickness direction is less than 3.0 μm. 
     
     
         3 . The hot-rolled steel sheet according to  claim 1 , wherein the chemical composition comprises, in terms of mass %, one or more of:
 Ti: 0.001% to 0.500%;   Nb: 0.001% to 0.500%;   V: 0.001% to 0.500%;   Cu: 0.01% to 2.00%;   Mo: 0.01% to 1.00%;   Ni: 0.02% to 2.00%;   B: 0.0001% to 0.0100%;   Ca: 0.0005% to 0.0200%;   Mg: 0.0005% to 0.0200%;   REM: 0.0005% to 0.1000%;   Bi: 0.0005% to 0.0200%;   As: 0.001% to 0.100%;   Zr: 0.01% to 1.00%;   Co: 0.01% to 1.00%;   Zn: 0.01% to 1.00%;   W: 0.01% to 1.00%; and   Sn: 0.01% to 0.05%.   
     
     
         4 . The hot-rolled steel sheet according to  claim 2 , wherein the chemical composition comprises, in terms of mass %, one or more of:
 Ti: 0.001% to 0.500%;   Nb: 0.001% to 0.500%;   V: 0.001% to 0.500%;   Cu: 0.01% to 2.00%;   Mo: 0.01% to 1.00%;   Ni: 0.02% to 2.00%;   B: 0.0001% to 0.0100%;   Ca: 0.0005% to 0.0200%;   Mg: 0.0005% to 0.0200%;   REM: 0.0005% to 0.1000%;   Bi: 0.0005% to 0.0200%;   As: 0.001% to 0.100%;   Zr: 0.01% to 1.00%;   Co: 0.01% to 1.00%;   Zn: 0.01% to 1.00%;   W: 0.01% to 1.00%; and   Sn: 0.01% to 0.05%.

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