US20190093192A1 - Ti-CONTAINING FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL SHEET, MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND FLANGE - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a Ti-containing ferritic stainless steel sheet having a large gauge thickness excellent in toughness, and a method for manufacturing the same.
- the invention also relates to a flange using the Ti-containing ferritic stainless steel sheet.
- an austenitic stainless steel sheet has been frequently used.
- a ferritic type steel which has a small thermal expansion coefficient and a small raw material cost, instead of an austenitic type steel.
- the alternate material therefor include a Ti-containing ferritic stainless steel sheet.
- Members for an automobile exhaust gas flow path are generally produced by subjecting a cold rolled and annealed steel sheet to a press work, or forming a cold rolled and annealed steel sheet into a pipe, and then subjecting the resultant to various works.
- a member for an automobile exhaust gas flow path in recent years may frequently have a complicated shape, and the cold rolled and annealed steel sheet as a material therefor is demanded to have excellent workability.
- a steel sheet having a large gauge thickness of a Ti-containing ferritic stainless steel tends to be reduced in low temperature toughness.
- PTL 1 describes a method of subjecting a steel sheet to quenching after the hot rolling, and coiling the steel sheet at a temperature of 450° C. or less.
- PTL 2 describes a method of increasing the finish hot rolling temperature corresponding to the composition, and quenching the steel sheet with water after coiling.
- PTL 3 describes a method of coiling a steel sheet at 570° C.
- An object of the invention is to provide a steel sheet having a large gauge thickness of a Ti-containing ferritic stainless steel excellent in toughness, and a flange using the same.
- Cr represents a Cr content (% by mass) in the steel
- Free (C+N) represents a value (% by mass) obtained by subtracting a total content (% by mass) of C and N present in an extraction residue recovered by an electrolytic extraction method, from a total content (% by mass) of C and N present in the steel
- d represents an average crystal grain diameter ( ⁇ m) obtained for an observation surface obtained by polishing a cross section (L cross section) in parallel to a rolling direction and a sheet thickness direction, by an intercept method with a linear testing line defined in Annex C of JIS G0551:2013.
- a step of heating a slab of a steel having the chemical composition in a heating furnace then taking out the slab at a temperature of from 950 to 1,120° C. from the furnace, rolling the slab with a rough rolling mill to provide an intermediate slab having a sheet thickness of from 20 to 50 mm and a surface temperature of from 700 to 850° C., then hot-rolling the intermediate slab to a sheet having a thickness of from 5.0 to 11.0 mm, and then coiling the sheet at a surface temperature of from 650 to 800° C., so as to provide a hot rolled steel sheet; and
- a steel sheet having a large gauge thickness of a Ti-containing ferritic stainless steel excellent in toughness can be stably achieved.
- the steel sheet is enhanced particularly in low temperature toughness, and thus the restrictions in the passing condition to the line and the production condition can be alleviated.
- the steel sheet having a large gauge thickness has high reliability in toughness even in the case where the steel sheet having a large gauge thickness as a material is worked into various members (such as a flange for an automobile exhaust gas flow path.
- the invention targets a ferritic stainless steel containing the following component elements.
- the percentage for the chemical composition of the steel sheet is percentage by mass unless otherwise indicated.
- the C content (i.e., the total amount of dissolved C and C present as a compound) is restricted to 0.030% or less.
- the C content is preferably 0.020% or less, and may be managed to 0.015% or less.
- An excessive decrease of C may increase the load on steel making and may increase the cost.
- a steel sheet having a C content of 0.003% or more is targeted herein.
- Si and Mn are effective as a deoxidizing agent, and in addition, have a function that enhances the high temperature oxidation resistance. It is more effective to ensure the content of 0.02% or more for Si and 0.10% or more for Mn. Large amounts of these elements contained may be a factor causing the embrittlement of the steel.
- the Si content is restricted to 2.0% or less, and more preferably 1.0% or less.
- the Mn content is also restricted to 2.0% or less, and more preferably 1.0% or less.
- P and S contained may be a factor that reduces the corrosion resistance.
- the P content is allowed to be up to 0.050%, and the S content is allowed to be up to 0.040%.
- An excessive decrease of P and S may increase the load on steel manufacturing and may not be economically effective.
- the P content maybe controlled in a range of from 0.010 to 0.050%, and the S content may be controlled in a range of from 0.0005 to 0.040%.
- Cr is important for ensuring the corrosion resistance as a stainless steel. Cr is also effective for enhancing the high temperature oxidation resistance. For exhibiting these functions, the Cr content is required to be 10.0% or more. A large amount of Cr contained may harden the steel to impair the improvement of the toughness of the hot rolled and annealed steel sheet having a large gauge thickness in some cases. A steel sheet having a Cr content of 19.0% or less is targeted herein.
- N is a factor that reduces the toughness of the hot rolled and annealed steel as similar to C.
- the N content i.e., the total amount of dissolved N and N present as a compound
- the N content is restricted to 0.030% or less.
- the N content is preferably 0.020% or less, and may be managed to 0.015% or less.
- An excessive decrease of N may increase the load on steel manufacturing and may increase the cost.
- the N content may be controlled in a range of 0.003% or more.
- Ti forms a Ti carbonitride through bonding with C and N to suppress the segregation of a Cr carbonitride at the grain boundaries, and thus is an element that is considerably effective for retaining the corrosion resistance and the high temperature oxidation resistance of the steel.
- the Ti content is necessarily 0.07% or more, more effectively 0.09% or more, and further preferably 0.15% or more.
- An excessive large Ti content is not preferred since the reduction of the toughness of the hot rolled and annealed steel sheet may be promoted.
- the Ti content is restricted to 0.50% or less, and Ti is more preferably contained in an amount in a range of 0.40% or less.
- the “carbonitride” means a compound containing a metal element bonded to at least one of C and N.
- the Ti carbonitride for example, TiC, TiN, and Ti(C,N) are encompassed therein.
- Al is effective as a deoxidizing agent. For achieving the function sufficiently, it is effective to add Al to make an Al content of 0.010% or more. A large amount of Al contained may be a factor that reduces the toughness. The Al content is restricted to 0.20% or less.
- Mo is effective for enhancing the corrosion resistance, and may be added depending on necessity. In this case, a Mo content of 0.01% or more is more effective. A large amount of Mo contained may adversely affect the toughness in some cases.
- the Mo content is in a range of from 0 to 1.50%.
- the B is effective for enhancing the secondary workability, and may be added depending on necessity. In this case, it is more effective to ensure the content thereof of 0.0010% or more. However, when the B content exceeds 0.0030%, the uniformity of the metal structure may be impaired due to the formation of Cr 2 B to reduce the workability in some cases.
- the B content may be in a range of from 0 to 0.0030%.
- the K value defined by the expression (1) is an index that accurately estimates the Charpy impact value (J/cm 2 ) at 20′C by the U-notch impact test piece (having the impact direction perpendicular to the rolling direction and the sheet thickness direction) of the steel sheet having a large gauge thickness (a sheet thickness of from 5.0 to 11.0 mm) of the Ti-containing ferritic stainless steel having the aforementioned chemical composition range, from the Cr content in the steel, the solid-dissolved C and N amount, and the average crystal grain diameter.
- Cr represents the Cr content (% by mass) in the steel
- Free (C+N) represents a value (% by mass) obtained by subtracting the total content (% by mass) of C and N present in the extraction residue recovered by the electrolytic extraction method, from the total content (% by mass) of C and N present in the steel
- d represents the average crystal grain diameter ( ⁇ m) obtained for an observation surface obtained by polishing a cross section (L cross section) in parallel to the rolling direction and the sheet thickness direction, by the intercept method with a linear testing line defined in Annex C of JIS G0551:2013.
- the toughness of the Ti-containing ferritic stainless steel sheet having a large gauge thickness around ordinary temperature is strongly influenced by the Cr content, the solid-dissolved C and N amount, and the ferritic average crystal grain diameter. It has been confirmed that in the case where the aforementioned chemical composition is satisfied, and the Cr content, the solid-dissolved C and N amount, and the average crystal grain diameter are controlled to make a K value of 150 or more, the reliability relating to the toughness can be sufficiently ensured when the steel sheet having a large thickness is worked into a steel pipe or various members or subjected to cold rolling to provide a steel sheet having a small gauge thickness. Accordingly, the K value is required to be 150 or more in the description herein.
- the solid-dissolved C and N amount and the ferritic average crystal grain diameter in the hot rolled and annealed steel sheet can be controlled by the hot rolling condition described later, and a hot rolled and annealed steel sheet having a K value of 150 or more can be selectively produced.
- Free(C+N) corresponds to the solid-dissolved C and N amount (% by mass).
- the value of Free(C+N) can be obtained in the following manner.
- a specimen having a known mass collected from the steel sheet is subjected to a potential of from ⁇ 100 mV to 400 mV with respect to a saturated calomel electrode (SCE) to dissolve the matrix (metallic substrate) of the specimen completely, then the liquid containing the undissolved matter is filtered with a membrane filter having a pore diameter of 0.05 ⁇ m, and the solid matter remaining on the filter is recovered as the extraction residue.
- SCE saturated calomel electrode
- C and N in the extraction residue each are analyzed by the high frequency combustion-infrared absorption method for C and the impulse heat melting-thermal conductivity method for N, and the total content of C and N present in the extraction residue Insol (C+N) (% by mass in the steel) is calculated.
- Free (C+N) (% by mass) is obtained by the following expression (2).
- Total(C+N) represents the total content (% by mass) of C and N present in the steel
- Insol (C+N) represents the total content (% by mass) of C and N present in the extraction residue.
- the Ti-containing ferritic stainless steel is one of the types of steel that are useful for the purpose of a member for an automobile exhaust gas flow path from the standpoint of the material characteristics including the corrosion resistance, the heat resistance, and the like.
- the material steel sheet is demanded to have excellent workability.
- r value Lankford value
- it is effective to increase the cold rolling reduction ratio.
- the Ti-containing ferritic stainless steel is a steel type that tends to undergo reduction in toughness of the steel sheet in a temperature range on the low temperature side with respect to ordinary temperature. In a steel sheet having a large gauge thickness, the influence of the reduction in toughness tends to be conspicuous.
- the improvement in toughness is intended for a hot rolled steel sheet having a sheet thickness of 5.0 mm or more as a target. It is more effective to target a hot rolled steel sheet having a sheet thickness of 5.5 mm or more. With a too large sheet thickness, the load in the ordinary line, through which the steel sheet is passed, in the cold rolling step may be excessive in some cases.
- a steel sheet having a sheet thickness of 11.0 mm or less is targeted herein. The sheet thickness is more preferably 9.0 mm or less.
- the Ti-containing ferritic stainless steel sheet having a large gauge thickness excellent in toughness can be produced with an ordinary production apparatus for a hot rolled stainless steel sheet.
- An example of the production method will be shown below.
- a cast slab is produced by the continuous casting method.
- the slab may also be produced by producing a cast ingot by the ingot casting method and forging or blooming the ingot.
- the thickness of the slab is preferably from 200 to 250 mm.
- the slab is placed in a heating furnace and heated to a temperature of 950° C. or more.
- the heating time i.e., the period of time where the material temperature is maintained at 950° C. or more
- the heating time may be set, for example, to a range of from 50 to 120 minutes.
- coarse TiC formed on casting is decomposed to Ti and C, resulting in a structure state where TIC substantially disappeared.
- TiN is still not completely decomposed at 1,150° C., but there is no particular need to stick to complete dissolution of N.
- the maximum achieving temperature of the material may be set in a range of 1,120° C. or less, and the material temperature on taking out from the furnace (extraction temperature) is required to be controlled to the temperature range described later.
- the slab after heating is taken out at a extraction temperature of from 950 to 1,120° C. from the furnace, and rolled with a rough rolling mill.
- the extraction temperature is higher than the range, the average crystal grain diameter of the recrystallized ferrite phase tends to be coarse, and it may be difficult to provide a hot rolled steel sheet having a K value of 150 or less.
- the rough rolling may be performed by one pass or plural passes of rolling, so as to provide an intermediate slab having a sheet thickness of from 20 to 50 mm. At this time, it is important to control the surface temperature of the intermediate slab obtained by the rough rolling to from 700 to 850° C.
- the extraction temperature and the rough rolling pass schedule are configured to provide at least the final pass temperature of the rough rolling in a range of from 700 to 850° C. This temperature range overlaps the temperature range where re-precipitation of TiC occurs.
- fine TiC are formed from many sites.
- a Ti carbonitride is formed from the many TiC particles or already-precipitated TiN particles having been as nuclei, and finely dispersed therein. The finely dispersed Ti carbonitride exerts a function of suppressing the ferritic recrystallized grains from becoming coarse, by the pinning effect.
- the rough rolling is performed at a high temperature providing a surface temperature of the intermediate slab exceeding 850° C.
- the rough rolling is performed at a higher temperature than the temperature where TiC is actively re-precipitated, and therefore the pinning effect is not sufficiently exerted to form coarse crystal grains, i.e., the effect of providing fine crystal grains becomes insufficient.
- the surface temperature of the intermediate slab lower than 700° C., becomes a factor increasing the deformation resistance in the finish hot rolling described later or making the coiling temperature too low.
- the total rolling reduction ratio of the rough rolling is preferably from 80 to 90%.
- finish hot rolling The series of hot rolling performed for the intermediate slab until coiling is referred to as “finish hot rolling” herein.
- the finish hot rolling may be performed with a reversible rolling mill or a tandem continuous rolling mill.
- the pass schedule is configured to achieve the sheet thickness after the final pass of from 5.0 to 11.0 mm and the coiling temperature described later. Also during the finish hot rolling, the recrystallized grains are suppressed from being grown by the pinning effect.
- the total rolling reduction ratio of the finish hot rolling may be, for example, from 65 to 85%.
- the steel sheet after completing the finish hot rolling is coiled into a coil in a state where the surface temperature is from 650 to 800° C., so as to provide a hot rolled steel sheet.
- the high temperature strength is increased, which tends to cause such a state that the steel sheet cannot be coiled into a coil with a normal shape.
- the occurrence of the abnormal coiling leads to increase of the production cost since the steel sheet is required to be subjected to a recoiling process.
- dynamic secondary recrystallization is facilitated, which tends to make the crystal grains coarse.
- the steel sheet may be allowed to cool in the air.
- the effect provided by the pinning effect may be maintained even though a cooling treatment, such as water cooling, is not performed.
- the improvement of the low temperature toughness may be largely contributed by the decrease of the crystal grain size. It is considered that the softening of the matrix by decreasing the solid-dissolved C and N also contributes to the improvement of the low temperature toughness.
- the hot rolled steel sheet thus obtained as above is subjected to annealing at from 800 to 1,100° C. (hot rolled sheet annealing), and thereby the Ti-containing ferritic stainless steel sheet having a large gauge thickness excellent in toughness can be obtained.
- the annealing time may be, for example, a soaking time of from 0 to 5 minutes.
- the soaking time of 0 minute means the case where the material is cooled immediately after the material temperature reaches the prescribed temperature.
- the resulting intermediate slab was subjected to finish hot rolling with a continuous hot rolling mill having a 6-stand mill or a reversible hot rolling mill having a coiler furnace, and then coiled, so as to provide a hot rolled steel sheet having the thickness shown in Table 2.
- the coiling temperature was obtained by measuring the surface temperature of the steel sheet immediately before the coiling machine.
- the resulting hot rolled steel sheet was subjected to hot rolled sheet annealing at the temperature shown in Table 2 with a soaking time of 0 minute.
- a specimen was collected from the hot rolled and annealed steel sheet, Free(C+N) and the average crystal grain diameter d were measured in the aforementioned manners, from which the K value was obtained by the expression (1).
- a U-notch impact test piece was produced from the hot rolled and annealed steel sheet, and subjected to the Charpy impact test at 20° C. according to JIS Z2242:2005.
- the direction for applying an impact with a hammer i.e., the depth direction of the U-notch
- the hot rolled steel sheets produced under the condition where the K value was 150 or more according to the invention had an impact value by the U-notch impact test piece at 20° C. of 150 J/cm 2 or more and had good toughness.
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Description
- The present invention relates to a Ti-containing ferritic stainless steel sheet having a large gauge thickness excellent in toughness, and a method for manufacturing the same. The invention also relates to a flange using the Ti-containing ferritic stainless steel sheet.
- Members for an automobile exhaust gas flow path are demanded to have such characteristics as corrosion resistance, heat resistance, strength, and the like. As a material that is excellent in these characteristics, an austenitic stainless steel sheet has been frequently used. In recent years, there is an increasing need to use a ferritic type steel, which has a small thermal expansion coefficient and a small raw material cost, instead of an austenitic type steel. Examples of the alternate material therefor include a Ti-containing ferritic stainless steel sheet.
- Members for an automobile exhaust gas flow path are generally produced by subjecting a cold rolled and annealed steel sheet to a press work, or forming a cold rolled and annealed steel sheet into a pipe, and then subjecting the resultant to various works. A member for an automobile exhaust gas flow path in recent years may frequently have a complicated shape, and the cold rolled and annealed steel sheet as a material therefor is demanded to have excellent workability. For providing a cold rolled and annealed steel sheet having good workability, it is advantageous to enhance the cold rolling reduction ratio. For ensuring the sufficient cold rolling reduction ratio, it is effective to use a hot rolled and annealed steel sheet having a large gauge thickness (for example, a sheet thickness of 5.0 mm or more). Furthermore, there is a large need of a steel sheet having a large gauge thickness (for example, a sheet thickness of from 5.0 to 11.0 mm) for a flange or the like used in an automobile exhaust gas flow path. With a larger sheet thickness, the influence of the reduction in toughness tends to be conspicuous.
- In the case where a hot rolled and annealed steel sheet having a large gauge thickness is directed to a cold rolling step, when the steel sheet has low toughness, such measures are required that the steel sheet is limited to one passing through a line having a looper with a large diameter for moderating the flexure of the sheet, and the number of times of the intermediate annealing in the cold rolling step is increased. These measures involve deterioration of the productivity and increase of the production cost. Also in the case where a flange is produced with a steel sheet having a large gauge thickness as a material, the material is demanded to have good toughness.
- PTL 1: JP-A-60-228616
- PTL 2: JP-A-64-56822
- PTL 3: JP-A-2012-140688
- In general, a steel sheet having a large gauge thickness of a Ti-containing ferritic stainless steel tends to be reduced in low temperature toughness. As a method for enhancing the toughness of the Ti-containing ferritic stainless steel sheet, PTL 1 describes a method of subjecting a steel sheet to quenching after the hot rolling, and coiling the steel sheet at a temperature of 450° C. or less. PTL 2 describes a method of increasing the finish hot rolling temperature corresponding to the composition, and quenching the steel sheet with water after coiling. However, even though these measures are performed, there are cases where the reliability to the toughness becomes insufficient when a steel sheet having a large sheet thickness is passed through the line. PTL 3 describes a method of coiling a steel sheet at 570° C. or more to provide a coil, and after retaining the coil for 5 minutes or more in such a state that the outermost surface temperature of the coil is 550° C., immersing the coil in a water bath. However, there are cases where a further enhancement of the low temperature toughness is demanded depending on the crystal grain diameter of the hot rolled steel sheet.
- An object of the invention is to provide a steel sheet having a large gauge thickness of a Ti-containing ferritic stainless steel excellent in toughness, and a flange using the same.
- According to the studies made by the present inventors, it has been found that the toughness of a steel sheet having a large gauge thickness of a Ti-containing ferritic stainless steel is enhanced by decreasing the amounts of C and N that are solid-dissolved in the matrix of the ferrite phase, but the extent of the enhancement is largely influenced by the ferritic crystal grain diameter. The invention has been completed based on the knowledge.
- The object can be achieved by the following inventions.
- (1) A Ti-containing ferritic stainless steel sheet having a chemical composition containing, in terms of percentage by mass, from 0.003 to 0.030% of C, 2.0% or less of Si, 2.0% or less of Mn, 0.050% or less of P, 0.040% or less of S, from 10.0 to 19.0% of Cr, 0.030% or less of N, from 0.07 to 0.50% of Ti, and from 0.010 to 0.20% of Al, with the balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, having a K value defined by the following expression (1) of 150 or more, and having a sheet thickness of from 5.0 to 11.0 mm:
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K value=−0.07×Cr−6790×Free(C+N)−1.44×d+267 (1) - wherein in the expression (1), Cr represents a Cr content (% by mass) in the steel; Free (C+N) represents a value (% by mass) obtained by subtracting a total content (% by mass) of C and N present in an extraction residue recovered by an electrolytic extraction method, from a total content (% by mass) of C and N present in the steel; and d represents an average crystal grain diameter (μm) obtained for an observation surface obtained by polishing a cross section (L cross section) in parallel to a rolling direction and a sheet thickness direction, by an intercept method with a linear testing line defined in Annex C of JIS G0551:2013.
- (2) The Ti-containing ferritic stainless steel sheet according to the item (1), wherein the Ti-containing ferritic stainless steel sheet has the chemical composition further containing, in terms of percentage by mass, 1.50% or less of Mo.
- (3) The Ti-containing ferritic stainless steel sheet according to the item (1) or (2), wherein the Ti-containing ferritic stainless steel sheet has the chemical composition further containing, in terms of percentage by mass, 0.0030% or less of B.
- (4) A method for producing the Ti-containing ferritic stainless steel sheet according to any one of the items (1) to (3), containing:
- a step of heating a slab of a steel having the chemical composition in a heating furnace, then taking out the slab at a temperature of from 950 to 1,120° C. from the furnace, rolling the slab with a rough rolling mill to provide an intermediate slab having a sheet thickness of from 20 to 50 mm and a surface temperature of from 700 to 850° C., then hot-rolling the intermediate slab to a sheet having a thickness of from 5.0 to 11.0 mm, and then coiling the sheet at a surface temperature of from 650 to 800° C., so as to provide a hot rolled steel sheet; and
- a step of annealing the hot rolled steel sheet at from 800 to 1,100° C.
- (5) A flange using the Ti-containing ferritic stainless steel sheet according to any one of the items (1) to (3).
- (6) The flange according to the item (5), wherein the flange is a flange for an exhaust gas flow path.
- (7) The flange according to the item (5), wherein the flange is a flange for an automobile exhaust gas flow path.
- According to the invention, a steel sheet having a large gauge thickness of a Ti-containing ferritic stainless steel excellent in toughness can be stably achieved. The steel sheet is enhanced particularly in low temperature toughness, and thus the restrictions in the passing condition to the line and the production condition can be alleviated. The steel sheet having a large gauge thickness has high reliability in toughness even in the case where the steel sheet having a large gauge thickness as a material is worked into various members (such as a flange for an automobile exhaust gas flow path.
- The invention targets a ferritic stainless steel containing the following component elements. The percentage for the chemical composition of the steel sheet is percentage by mass unless otherwise indicated.
- C hardens the steel and is a factor that reduces the toughness of the hot rolled and annealed steel. The C content (i.e., the total amount of dissolved C and C present as a compound) is restricted to 0.030% or less. The C content is preferably 0.020% or less, and may be managed to 0.015% or less. An excessive decrease of C may increase the load on steel making and may increase the cost. A steel sheet having a C content of 0.003% or more is targeted herein.
- Si and Mn are effective as a deoxidizing agent, and in addition, have a function that enhances the high temperature oxidation resistance. It is more effective to ensure the content of 0.02% or more for Si and 0.10% or more for Mn. Large amounts of these elements contained may be a factor causing the embrittlement of the steel. The Si content is restricted to 2.0% or less, and more preferably 1.0% or less. The Mn content is also restricted to 2.0% or less, and more preferably 1.0% or less.
- Large amounts of P and S contained may be a factor that reduces the corrosion resistance. The P content is allowed to be up to 0.050%, and the S content is allowed to be up to 0.040%. An excessive decrease of P and S may increase the load on steel manufacturing and may not be economically effective. In general, the P content maybe controlled in a range of from 0.010 to 0.050%, and the S content may be controlled in a range of from 0.0005 to 0.040%.
- Cr is important for ensuring the corrosion resistance as a stainless steel. Cr is also effective for enhancing the high temperature oxidation resistance. For exhibiting these functions, the Cr content is required to be 10.0% or more. A large amount of Cr contained may harden the steel to impair the improvement of the toughness of the hot rolled and annealed steel sheet having a large gauge thickness in some cases. A steel sheet having a Cr content of 19.0% or less is targeted herein.
- N is a factor that reduces the toughness of the hot rolled and annealed steel as similar to C. The N content (i.e., the total amount of dissolved N and N present as a compound) is restricted to 0.030% or less. The N content is preferably 0.020% or less, and may be managed to 0.015% or less. An excessive decrease of N may increase the load on steel manufacturing and may increase the cost. In general, the N content may be controlled in a range of 0.003% or more.
- Ti forms a Ti carbonitride through bonding with C and N to suppress the segregation of a Cr carbonitride at the grain boundaries, and thus is an element that is considerably effective for retaining the corrosion resistance and the high temperature oxidation resistance of the steel. The Ti content is necessarily 0.07% or more, more effectively 0.09% or more, and further preferably 0.15% or more. An excessive large Ti content is not preferred since the reduction of the toughness of the hot rolled and annealed steel sheet may be promoted. As a result of various investigations, the Ti content is restricted to 0.50% or less, and Ti is more preferably contained in an amount in a range of 0.40% or less. In the description herein, the “carbonitride” means a compound containing a metal element bonded to at least one of C and N. As for the Ti carbonitride, for example, TiC, TiN, and Ti(C,N) are encompassed therein.
- Al is effective as a deoxidizing agent. For achieving the function sufficiently, it is effective to add Al to make an Al content of 0.010% or more. A large amount of Al contained may be a factor that reduces the toughness. The Al content is restricted to 0.20% or less.
- Mo is effective for enhancing the corrosion resistance, and may be added depending on necessity. In this case, a Mo content of 0.01% or more is more effective. A large amount of Mo contained may adversely affect the toughness in some cases. The Mo content is in a range of from 0 to 1.50%.
- B is effective for enhancing the secondary workability, and may be added depending on necessity. In this case, it is more effective to ensure the content thereof of 0.0010% or more. However, when the B content exceeds 0.0030%, the uniformity of the metal structure may be impaired due to the formation of Cr2B to reduce the workability in some cases. The B content may be in a range of from 0 to 0.0030%.
- The K value defined by the expression (1) is an index that accurately estimates the Charpy impact value (J/cm2) at 20′C by the U-notch impact test piece (having the impact direction perpendicular to the rolling direction and the sheet thickness direction) of the steel sheet having a large gauge thickness (a sheet thickness of from 5.0 to 11.0 mm) of the Ti-containing ferritic stainless steel having the aforementioned chemical composition range, from the Cr content in the steel, the solid-dissolved C and N amount, and the average crystal grain diameter.
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K value=−0.07×Cr−6790×Free(C+N)−1.44×d+267 (1) - In the expression (1), Cr represents the Cr content (% by mass) in the steel; Free (C+N) represents a value (% by mass) obtained by subtracting the total content (% by mass) of C and N present in the extraction residue recovered by the electrolytic extraction method, from the total content (% by mass) of C and N present in the steel; and d represents the average crystal grain diameter (μm) obtained for an observation surface obtained by polishing a cross section (L cross section) in parallel to the rolling direction and the sheet thickness direction, by the intercept method with a linear testing line defined in Annex C of JIS G0551:2013.
- According to the detailed investigations by the inventors, it has been found that the toughness of the Ti-containing ferritic stainless steel sheet having a large gauge thickness around ordinary temperature is strongly influenced by the Cr content, the solid-dissolved C and N amount, and the ferritic average crystal grain diameter. It has been confirmed that in the case where the aforementioned chemical composition is satisfied, and the Cr content, the solid-dissolved C and N amount, and the average crystal grain diameter are controlled to make a K value of 150 or more, the reliability relating to the toughness can be sufficiently ensured when the steel sheet having a large thickness is worked into a steel pipe or various members or subjected to cold rolling to provide a steel sheet having a small gauge thickness. Accordingly, the K value is required to be 150 or more in the description herein. The solid-dissolved C and N amount and the ferritic average crystal grain diameter in the hot rolled and annealed steel sheet can be controlled by the hot rolling condition described later, and a hot rolled and annealed steel sheet having a K value of 150 or more can be selectively produced.
- In the expression (1), Free(C+N) corresponds to the solid-dissolved C and N amount (% by mass). The value of Free(C+N) can be obtained in the following manner.
- In a non-aqueous electrolytic solution containing 10% by mass of acetylacetone, 1% by mass of tetramethylammonium chloride, and 89% by mass of methyl alcohol, a specimen having a known mass collected from the steel sheet is subjected to a potential of from −100 mV to 400 mV with respect to a saturated calomel electrode (SCE) to dissolve the matrix (metallic substrate) of the specimen completely, then the liquid containing the undissolved matter is filtered with a membrane filter having a pore diameter of 0.05 μm, and the solid matter remaining on the filter is recovered as the extraction residue. C and N in the extraction residue each are analyzed by the high frequency combustion-infrared absorption method for C and the impulse heat melting-thermal conductivity method for N, and the total content of C and N present in the extraction residue Insol (C+N) (% by mass in the steel) is calculated. Free (C+N) (% by mass) is obtained by the following expression (2).
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Free(C+N)=Total(C+N)−Insol(C+N) (2) - Herein, Total(C+N) represents the total content (% by mass) of C and N present in the steel, and Insol (C+N) represents the total content (% by mass) of C and N present in the extraction residue.
- The Ti-containing ferritic stainless steel is one of the types of steel that are useful for the purpose of a member for an automobile exhaust gas flow path from the standpoint of the material characteristics including the corrosion resistance, the heat resistance, and the like. For working into a member for an automobile exhaust gas flow path, the material steel sheet is demanded to have excellent workability. For enhancing the Lankford value (r value) as an index of the workability, it is effective to increase the cold rolling reduction ratio. For achieving a large cold rolling reduction ratio it is advantageous to use a hot rolled steel sheet having a large gauge thickness. On the other hand, the Ti-containing ferritic stainless steel is a steel type that tends to undergo reduction in toughness of the steel sheet in a temperature range on the low temperature side with respect to ordinary temperature. In a steel sheet having a large gauge thickness, the influence of the reduction in toughness tends to be conspicuous.
- As a result of various investigations, for enhancing the r value of a cold rolled steel sheet, it is considerably effective to apply a hot rolled steel sheet having a sheet thickness of 5.0 mm or more. In the invention, accordingly, the improvement in toughness is intended for a hot rolled steel sheet having a sheet thickness of 5.0 mm or more as a target. It is more effective to target a hot rolled steel sheet having a sheet thickness of 5.5 mm or more. With a too large sheet thickness, the load in the ordinary line, through which the steel sheet is passed, in the cold rolling step may be excessive in some cases. A steel sheet having a sheet thickness of 11.0 mm or less is targeted herein. The sheet thickness is more preferably 9.0 mm or less.
- The Ti-containing ferritic stainless steel sheet having a large gauge thickness excellent in toughness can be produced with an ordinary production apparatus for a hot rolled stainless steel sheet. An example of the production method will be shown below.
- A cast slab is produced by the continuous casting method. The slab may also be produced by producing a cast ingot by the ingot casting method and forging or blooming the ingot. The thickness of the slab is preferably from 200 to 250 mm.
- The slab is placed in a heating furnace and heated to a temperature of 950° C. or more. The heating time (i.e., the period of time where the material temperature is maintained at 950° C. or more) may be set, for example, to a range of from 50 to 120 minutes. By heating to a temperature of 950° C. or more, coarse TiC formed on casting is decomposed to Ti and C, resulting in a structure state where TIC substantially disappeared. TiN is still not completely decomposed at 1,150° C., but there is no particular need to stick to complete dissolution of N. The maximum achieving temperature of the material may be set in a range of 1,120° C. or less, and the material temperature on taking out from the furnace (extraction temperature) is required to be controlled to the temperature range described later.
- The slab after heating is taken out at a extraction temperature of from 950 to 1,120° C. from the furnace, and rolled with a rough rolling mill. When the extraction temperature is higher than the range, the average crystal grain diameter of the recrystallized ferrite phase tends to be coarse, and it may be difficult to provide a hot rolled steel sheet having a K value of 150 or less. The rough rolling may be performed by one pass or plural passes of rolling, so as to provide an intermediate slab having a sheet thickness of from 20 to 50 mm. At this time, it is important to control the surface temperature of the intermediate slab obtained by the rough rolling to from 700 to 850° C. Specifically, the extraction temperature and the rough rolling pass schedule are configured to provide at least the final pass temperature of the rough rolling in a range of from 700 to 850° C. This temperature range overlaps the temperature range where re-precipitation of TiC occurs. When TiC is re-precipitated during the rough rolling from the state where substantially no undissolved TiC remains, fine TiC are formed from many sites. In the intermediate slab, a Ti carbonitride is formed from the many TiC particles or already-precipitated TiN particles having been as nuclei, and finely dispersed therein. The finely dispersed Ti carbonitride exerts a function of suppressing the ferritic recrystallized grains from becoming coarse, by the pinning effect. In the case where the rough rolling is performed at a high temperature providing a surface temperature of the intermediate slab exceeding 850° C., the rough rolling is performed at a higher temperature than the temperature where TiC is actively re-precipitated, and therefore the pinning effect is not sufficiently exerted to form coarse crystal grains, i.e., the effect of providing fine crystal grains becomes insufficient. On the other hand, the surface temperature of the intermediate slab lower than 700° C., becomes a factor increasing the deformation resistance in the finish hot rolling described later or making the coiling temperature too low. The total rolling reduction ratio of the rough rolling is preferably from 80 to 90%.
- The series of hot rolling performed for the intermediate slab until coiling is referred to as “finish hot rolling” herein. The finish hot rolling may be performed with a reversible rolling mill or a tandem continuous rolling mill. The pass schedule is configured to achieve the sheet thickness after the final pass of from 5.0 to 11.0 mm and the coiling temperature described later. Also during the finish hot rolling, the recrystallized grains are suppressed from being grown by the pinning effect. The total rolling reduction ratio of the finish hot rolling may be, for example, from 65 to 85%.
- The steel sheet after completing the finish hot rolling is coiled into a coil in a state where the surface temperature is from 650 to 800° C., so as to provide a hot rolled steel sheet. In the case where the steel sheet is coiled at a temperature lower than 650° C., the high temperature strength is increased, which tends to cause such a state that the steel sheet cannot be coiled into a coil with a normal shape. The occurrence of the abnormal coiling leads to increase of the production cost since the steel sheet is required to be subjected to a recoiling process. In the case where the steel sheet is coiled at a higher temperature than 800° C., dynamic secondary recrystallization is facilitated, which tends to make the crystal grains coarse. This case may leads to decrease of the K coiling, the steel sheet may be allowed to cool in the air. The effect provided by the pinning effect may be maintained even though a cooling treatment, such as water cooling, is not performed. The improvement of the low temperature toughness may be largely contributed by the decrease of the crystal grain size. It is considered that the softening of the matrix by decreasing the solid-dissolved C and N also contributes to the improvement of the low temperature toughness.
- The hot rolled steel sheet thus obtained as above is subjected to annealing at from 800 to 1,100° C. (hot rolled sheet annealing), and thereby the Ti-containing ferritic stainless steel sheet having a large gauge thickness excellent in toughness can be obtained. The annealing time may be, for example, a soaking time of from 0 to 5 minutes. The soaking time of 0 minute means the case where the material is cooled immediately after the material temperature reaches the prescribed temperature.
- Steels shown in Table 1 were made, and continuously cast slabs having a thickness of approximately 200 mm were obtained. The chemical compositions of the steels satisfied the requirement of the invention. The continuously cast slab was placed in a heating furnace, and after retaining at a slab heating temperature shown in Table 2 depending on the types of steel for approximately from 50 to 100 minutes, the slab was taken out from the furnace and immediately subjected to rough rolling with a rough rolling mill. The extraction temperature was the same as the slab heating temperature. The rough rolling was performed by from 7 to 9 passes depending on the target finish sheet thickness, and an intermediate slab having a thickness of from 20 to 50 mm was produced. The surface temperature of the intermediate slab was measured at the outlet side of the final pass of the rough rolling mill. The temperature is shown as “Intermediate slab temperature” in Table 2. The resulting intermediate slab was subjected to finish hot rolling with a continuous hot rolling mill having a 6-stand mill or a reversible hot rolling mill having a coiler furnace, and then coiled, so as to provide a hot rolled steel sheet having the thickness shown in Table 2. The coiling temperature was obtained by measuring the surface temperature of the steel sheet immediately before the coiling machine. The resulting hot rolled steel sheet was subjected to hot rolled sheet annealing at the temperature shown in Table 2 with a soaking time of 0 minute.
- A specimen was collected from the hot rolled and annealed steel sheet, Free(C+N) and the average crystal grain diameter d were measured in the aforementioned manners, from which the K value was obtained by the expression (1). A U-notch impact test piece was produced from the hot rolled and annealed steel sheet, and subjected to the Charpy impact test at 20° C. according to JIS Z2242:2005. The direction for applying an impact with a hammer (i.e., the depth direction of the U-notch) was the direction perpendicular to the rolling direction and the sheet thickness direction (i.e., the sheet width direction of the hot rolled and annealed steel strip). The results are shown in Table 2.
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TABLE 1 Chemical composition (% by mass) No. C Si Mn P S Mo Cr N Al Ti B 1 0.008 0.55 0.41 0.035 0.001 0.10 17.9 0.012 0.07 0.21 — 2 0.005 0.45 0.38 0.028 0.001 0.05 11.2 0.006 0.05 0.19 — 3 0.007 0.54 0.35 0.029 0.005 0.05 10.1 0.008 0.03 0.17 — 4 0.009 0.35 0.54 0.038 0.001 0.04 16.8 0.013 0.08 0.28 — 5 0.008 0.04 0.45 0.033 0.002 0.05 17.5 0.011 0.05 0.25 — 6 0.008 0.03 0.48 0.029 0.001 1.02 18.4 0.012 0.08 0.29 — 7 0.003 0.58 0.39 0.035 0.003 — 11.4 0.005 0.04 0.20 — 8 0.008 0.15 0.58 0.037 0.002 0.02 17.6 0.014 0.08 0.24 — 9 0.011 0.54 0.45 0.028 0.001 0.99 18.4 0.015 0.11 0.39 — 10 0.005 0.45 0.38 0.039 0.002 — 13.9 0.009 0.06 0.25 0.0025 21 0.008 0.45 0.48 0.039 0.001 — 16.8 0.012 0.11 0.22 — 22 0.004 0.55 0.39 0.038 0.002 — 10.5 0.007 0.05 0.25 — 23 0.008 0.65 0.38 0.031 0.001 — 17.8 0.008 0.09 0.29 — 24 0.007 0.25 0.34 0.033 0.002 — 10.8 0.013 0.08 0.25 — 25 0.009 0.51 0.35 0.031 0.002 — 17.8 0.011 0.05 0.27 — 26 0.008 0.45 0.33 0 029 0.001 0.98 18.4 0.012 0.07 0.29 — 27 0.004 0.39 0.29 0.038 0.005 — 11.4 0.005 0.02 0.07 — 28 0.006 0.45 0.38 0.032 0.003 — 17.6 0.014 0.05 0.11 — 29 0.008 0.54 0.41 0.030 0.001 1.04 18.4 0.015 0.08 0.09 — -
TABLE 2 Hot rolled Hot rolled and annealed steel sheet Intermediate sheet Average Slab heating slab Coiling annealing Sheet crystal grain 20° C. U-notch temperature temperature temperature temperature thickness Free (C + N) diameter d impact value Class No. (° C.) (° C.) (° C.) (° C.) (mm) (% by mass) (μm) K value (J/cm2) Example of 1 1080 840 785 1080 8.5 0.0006 40 167.4 158 Invention 2 990 700 680 800 9.8 0.0004 20 210.3 205 3 1000 700 675 1050 7.9 0.0005 32 186.3 191 4 1060 830 735 1000 5.4 0.0005 40 174.3 164 5 1100 830 740 950 10.9 0.0002 68 154.3 153 6 1050 840 690 1095 5.2 0.0003 32 199.3 202 7 980 785 740 810 9.8 0.0001 25 223.4 225 8 1070 820 725 1080 9.2 0.0002 32 206.1 196 9 1110 835 718 1050 10.3 0.0006 52 150.1 152 10 1010 810 795 1000 5.1 0.0004 48 169.7 160 Comparative 21 1220 950 905 1100 5.2 0.0010 78 85.6 79 Example 22 1215 940 900 1050 9.7 0.0000 108 110.7 108 23 1275 1050 945 1070 10.5 0.0009 90 75.0 70 24 1150 940 860 840 9.5 0.0008 115 46.3 40 25 1200 860 815 1090 8.1 0.0003 78 133.1 135 26 1225 920 850 1050 5.4 0.0000 98 124.6 123 27 1205 900 810 800 6.0 0.0006 65 131.9 134 28 1230 907 865 1070 5.5 0.0006 58 141.5 145 29 1090 770 610 1050 9.8 0.0013 40 119.8 125 - The hot rolled steel sheets produced under the condition where the K value was 150 or more according to the invention (Examples of Invention) had an impact value by the U-notch impact test piece at 20° C. of 150 J/cm2 or more and had good toughness.
- In Nos. 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, and 28 as Comparative Examples, the pinning effect due to the precipitation of TiC and the like was not obtained since the slab heating temperature, the intermediate slab temperature, or the coiling temperature was deviated higher than the examples of the invention, and the average crystal grain diameter was increased, resulting in decrease of the toughness. No. 29 satisfied the requirements of the invention for the slab heating temperature and the intermediate slab temperature, but the coiling temperature was lower to deteriorate the shape of the coiled coil. Furthermore, the contents of C and N in the steel were large, but the amount of Ti was small, and thus Free(C+N) was increased, resulting in decrease of the toughness.
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K value=−0.07×Cr−6790×Free(C+N)−1.44×d+267 (1)
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