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Steel sheet for 2-piece battery can having excellent formability, anti secondary work embrittlement and corrosion resistance

US6126759A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 9, 1997
Grant dateOct 3, 2000
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Expiry dateOct 9, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/12958
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This invention is to provide a steel sheet for 2-piece battery cans, which has excellent formability in DI molding to give thin-walled, side body parts, and, more preferably, a steel sheet for 2-piece battery cans, which, after having been formed into cans, has high mechanical strength and excellent anti-secondary work embrittlement with excellent corrosion resistance. The steel sheet for 2-piece battery cans of the invention contains S and O (where O is the total oxygen content) while satisfying the conditions that S is from 0.005 to 0.015 wt. %, preferably from 0.005 to 0.012 wt. %, that 0 is from 0 to 0.0025 wt. % and that [S/10+O].ltoreq.0.0035 wt. %, preferably [S/10 +0].ltoreq.0.0030 wt. %. More preferably, the steel sheet contains B of from 0.0005 to 0.0015 wt. % while satisfying 0.2.ltoreq.B/N.ltoreq.1.0, or contains either one or both of Cr of being from 0.03 to 0.10 wt. % and Ni of being from 0.01 to 0.10 wt. %, the total of the two being not larger than 0.10 wt. %. The both surfaces of the steel sheet may be plated with Ni or an Fe--Ni alloy in order to ensure more excellent corrosion resistance of the steel sheet.

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