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High-strength steel sheet and galvanized steel sheet having very good balance between hole expansibility and ductility, and also excellent in fatigue resistance, and methods of producing the steel sheets

US8460481B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 9, 2009
Grant dateJun 11, 2013
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Expiry dateOct 24, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC21D2211/008
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention is directed to providing, for application in automobiles, construction materials, household appliances and the like, high-strength sheets excellent in formability properties such as hole expansibility and ductility, and also in fatigue resistance, characterized in comprising, in specified contents expressed in mass %, C, Si, Mn, P, S, Al, N and O and a balance of iron and unavoidable impurities, and having a steel sheet structure composed mainly of ferrite and hard structures, a crystal orientation difference between some ferrite adjacent to hard structures and the hard structures of less than 9°, and a maximum tensile strength of 540 MPa or greater.

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