Ultra Carbon Thin Gauge Steel Sheet And Method Thereof
Abstract:
The present invention provides ultralow carbon thin gauge steel sheet and a method for producing the same where coalescence and growth of inclusions in the molten steel are prevented and the inclusions are finely dispersed in the steel sheet, whereby surface defects and cracks at the time of press forming are prevented, growth of recrystallized grains at the time of continuous annealing is promoted, and a high r value (r value>2.0) and elongation (total elongation£50%) are exhibited, that is, ultralow carbon thin gauge steel sheet excellent in surface conditions, formability, and workability comprised of, by mass%, 0.0003%
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6-3, OTEMACHI 2-CHOME, CHOME, CHIYODA-KU, TOKYO 100-8071, JAPAN
Inventors
1. KATSUHIRO SASAI
C/O NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU, 20-1, SHINTOMI, FUTTSU-SHI, CHIBA 293-8511, JAPAN
2. WATARU OHASHI
C/O NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU, 20-1, SHINTOMI, FUTTSU-SHI, CHIBA 293-8511, JAPAN
Specification
The present invention relates to Ultra carbon thin gauge steel sheet and method thereof TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to ultralow carbon thin gauge steel sheet excellent in workability and formability, good in surface conditions, and suitable as steel sheet used for press forming for automobiles, household electrical appliances, etc. and a method for producing the same.
BACKGROUND ART
In general, for automobiles, household electrical appliances, and other applications requiring excellent workability, for example, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication (B) No. 42-12348 and Japanese Patent Publication (B) No. 54-12883, ultralow carbon steel having a C concentration of 0.015 mass% or less and including Ti, Nb, and other strong carbide forming elements are being broadly used. Attempts have been made to further improve workability up to now by improving the method of production. Further, Japanese Patent Publication (A) No. 3-170618 and Japanese Patent Publication (A) No. 4-52229 propose steel sheet excellent in deep drawability, stretch formability, and-other aspects of workability by i.ncreasing the sheet thickness in the final hot rolling or raising the hot rolled sheet
coiling temperature. However, the problem has arisen that the increasing harshness of the hot rolling conditions increases the load on the heating furnace and hot rolling machine.
In the above ultralow carbon steel including Ti or Nb, fine carbides are present in the steel, so recrystallization is remarkably suppressed. For this reason,annealing at a high temperature becomes
necessary. There are also issues such as the occurrence of heat buckling or sheet breakage during rolling and the increase in the amount of energy consumption. As opposed to this, as shown in Japanese Patent Publication (A) No. 6-212354 and Japanese Patent Publication (A) No. 6-271978, steel sheet with a low recrystallization temperature has been developed by setting suitable amounts of Mn and P in ultralow carbon steel not containing Nb or Ti and changing the hot rolling conditions. However, in these inventions, Mn or P is added in large amounts, so the alloy cost rises and therefore obtaining steel sheet for ultradeep drawing of a total elongation or 50% or more and and a Lankford value (r value) of 2.0 or more is difficult.
Further, ultralow carbon steel sheet usually is produced by deoxidizing by Al not yet deoxidized molten steel decarburized to the ultralow carbon range in a vacuum degassing system (RH) etc., that is, is "Al killed steel", so the molten steel contains a large amount of alumina inclusions. These alumina inclusions easily coalesce and join together in the molten steel and remain in the cast slab as large alumina clusters, so at the time of hot rolling and cold rolling, the alumina clusters become exposed at the steel sheet surface and cause surface defects. Further, when the alumina clusters remain inside the steel sheet, they become the cause of cracks, defects, and other flaws at the time of press forming. The formability also sharply falls.
In particular, in ultralow carbon steel, if the workability becomes better, the susceptibility to surface defects or cracks rises and even if going to the trouble of developing steel sheet with excellent workability, the yield obtained as a product is low and a large cost increase is incurred. To deal with these problems accompanying Al deoxidation, for example, as shown in Japanese Patent Publication (A) No. 61-276756 and Japanese Patent Publication (A) No. 58-185752, the method
has been proposed of treating molten steel by Ca to convert the alumina clusters to low melting point calcium aluminate for quick removal by floatation. However, conversion of alumina clusters requires a large amount of Ca. It is known that Ca reacts with the S in the steel to form CaS and becomes a cause of rusting. Further, as shown in Japanese Patent Publication (A) No. 10-226843, the method has also been developed of adding fine amounts of Al and Ti for deoxidation and controlling the inclusions in the molten steel to inclusion compositions with good crushability mainly comprised of Ti oxides, Mn oxides, Si oxides, and alumina.
However, molten steel contains dissolved Al, so if the molten steel is reoxidized by the slag or air, the composition of titania-based inclusions caused by Ti deoxidation changes to the high alumina side and results in aggregation and coarsening, so this is not a fundamental resolution of the problems of surface defects and press defects. Further, the Mn oxides, Si oxides, and Ti oxides have to be made complex, but the upper limit value of the amount of addition of Ti is low, so there was the problem that a high workability material could not necessarily be obtained.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
Therefore, the present invention has as its object to solve the above problems all at once and provide an ultralow carbon steel sheet free of press cracking and surface deterioration due to inclusions, exhibiting a high r value (r value>2.0) and elongation (total elongation>50%), and enabling good steelmaking operations and a method for producing the same.
Specifically, it has as its object to provide an ultralow carbon steel sheet produced not by Al deoxidation, but by Ti deoxidation to prevent the occurrence of the problems due to alumina-based inclusions and Al-based precipitates and by adding a suitable total amount of La, Ce, and Nd to prevent
coalescence of titania-based inclusions at the time of Ti deoxidation, control precipitation of Ti-based precipitates, and prevent nozzle clogging in the steelmaking and thereby obtain the above properties.
The present invention was made to solve the above problems and has as its gist the following:
(1) Ultralow carbon thin gauge steel sheet
excellent in surface conditions, formability, and
workability comprised of, by mass%, 0.0003%SC<0.003%, Si
SO.01%, Mn<0.1%, P<0.02%, S<0.01%, 0.0005%0.02%, it is possible to form sulfites and fix the S, but the ladle nozzle ends up being clogged. Therefore, it is necessary to add the La, Ce, and Nd in the molten steel to obtain 0.002%£La+Ce+Nd<0.02%.
Acid soluble Al concentration <0.003%: If the acid soluble Al concentration is high, the recrystallized grain growth at the time of continuous annealing falls and a large amount of alumina clusters is formed in the molten steel causing surface defects and cracks at the time of press forming, so a level where it is believed there is substantively no dissolved Al, that is, acid soluble Al concentration ^0.003%, is set. Further, the lower limit value of the acid soluble Al concentration includes 0%.
0.0003%£C£0.003%: If a large amount of C is present in the steel, even if working the present invention, at the time of coiling, a large amount of fine carbides precipitate and the pinning force increases, so crystal grain growth is inhibited and the workability ends up falling. For this reason, it is preferable to reduce the C concentration as much as possible, but for example if reducing the C concentration to less than 0.0003%, the vacuum degasification greatly increases in cost. Therefore, 0.003% is aimed at as the upper limit C concentration enabling the r value>2.0 and the total elongation ^50% of the present invention to be achieved and 0.0003% is aimed at as the lower limit C concentration below which the vacuum degasification greatly increases in cost.
Si<0.01%: Si is an element useful for raising the strength of the steel, but conversely if the amount added
becomes greater, the elongation and other aspects of the workability fall. Therefore, in the present invention, total elongation >50% was enabled by making the upper limit concentration of Si 0.01%. The lower limit value of Si concentration includes 0%.
Mn^O.1%: If the Mn concentration becomes high, the workability falls, so to expect a high workability, specifically an r value>2.0 and a total elongation>50%, the upper limit value of the Mn concentration was made 0.1%. The lower limit value of Mn concentration includes 0%.
P<0.02%: If P exceeds 0.02%, the workability is adversely affected and the r value>2.0 and total elongation>50% of the present invention can no longer be expected, so the upper limit value was made 0.02%. The lower limit value of P concentration includes 0%.
S^O.01%: If S is too great, even if adding Ce or La, the S cannot be sufficiently fixed, so fine TiS is precipitated and recrystallized grain growth is obstructed. For this reason, the upper limit value of S was made 0.01%. The lower limit value of S concentration includes 0%.
0.00052.0) and good total elongations (total elongation >50%) and are improved in workability. Further, it is learned that the surface conditions are also extremely good in the invention examples (Steel Nos. 1 to 5} since almost no surface defects are formed. Further, in the invention examples (Steel Nos. 1 to 5), the Ti oxides in the molten steel are converted to complex oxides of at least La, Ce, and Nd oxides with Ti oxides, so there is also no clogging of the ladle nozzle or immersion nozzle and the operability at the time of continuous casting is also extremely good.
As opposed to this, in the steel sheets of the comparative examples (Steel Nos. 6 to 10), since La, Ce, and Nd are not added, no lanthanum oxysulfite, cerium oxysulfite, and neodymium sulfite inclusions are formed at all, a large amount of solute S remains, and steel sheets having average recrystallized grain sizes of less than 15 ^in and aspect ratios of over 2.0 and poor in grain growth are obtained, so the r values (r value<2.0) and total elongations (total elongation <50%) are low and the workabilities are not improved. Further, regarding the surface conditions as well, in the comparative examples (Steel Nos. 6 to 9), since the inclusions are alumina, surface defects are formed. Further, in the comparative examples (Steel Nos. 6 to 9), the alumina in the molten steel deposits on the immersion nozzle and nozzle clogging occurs. In one comparative example (Steel No. 10), Ti oxides deposited on the ladle nozzle and the casting was interrupted.
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INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY
According to the present invention, the inclusions in the molten steel can be finely dispersed, so clogging of the immersion nozzle and ladle nozzle is suppressed, surface defects and cracks at the time of press forming can be prevented, and recrystallized grain growth at the time of continuous annealing can also be promoted, so low carbon thin gauge steel sheet excellent in workability and formability can be produced.
WE CLAIM
1. Ultra low carbon steel cast slab for producing a hot and cold rolled steel sheet comprised of, by mass %, 0,0003% < C < 0.003%, Si < 0.01%, Mn <0.1%, P< 0.02%, S < 0.01%, 0.0005% < N < 0.0025%, 0.001% < acid soluble ,A1 < 0.003%, 0.015% < acid soluble Ti < 0.07%, and 0.002% < La + Ce + Nd < 0.02%, and the balance of iron and unavoidable impurities, said steel cast slab characterized by containing at least one or more of cerium oxysulfite ,lanthanum oxysulfite, and neodymium oxysulfite.
2. Ultra low carbon steel cast slab for producing a hot and cold rolled steel sheet as claimed in claim 1, wherein said hot-rolled steel sheet contains at least one or more of cerium oxysulfite, lanthanum oxysulfite, and neodymium oxysulfite, and Ti 4C2S2
3. Ultra low carbon steel cast slab for producing a hot- and cold-rolled steel sheet as claimed in claim 1, wherein said cold - rolled steel sheet, which is annealed after cold rolling, contains at least one or more of cerium oxysulfite, lanthanum oxysulfite, and neodymium oxysulfite, and Ti 4C2S2.
4. A method for producing ultra low carbon hot and cold rolled steel sheet comprising the steps of;
preparing a molten steel containing, by mass%,0003%