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US 12,601,027 B2Granted
Steel material having excellent hydrogen embrittlement resistance and impact toughness and method for manufacturing
AssigneePosco
InventorHyun-Je Sung
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Abstract
A steel material is disclosed that exhibits improved hydrogen embrittlement resistance and high impact toughness despite a low-cost alloy system compared to conventional steel. The steel material can be advantageously applicable in the field using hydrogen such as hydrogen electric vehicles, hydrogen charging stations and the like, and a method for manufacturing the same.
Claims4
A steel having, comprising:
- by weight %, carbon (C):
- 0.15-0.40%, silicon (Si):
- 0.4% or less (excluding 0%), manganese (Mn):
- 0.3-0.7%, sulfur (S):
- 0.01% or less excluding 0%, phosphorus (P):
- 0.03% or less excluding 0%, chromium (Cr):
- 0.6-2.0%, molybdenum (Mo):
- 0.15-0.8%, nickel (Ni):
- 1.6-4.0%, copper (Cu):
- 0.30% or less excluding 0%, niobium (Nb):
- 0.12% or less excluding 0%, nitrogen (N):
- 0.015% or less excluding 0%, aluminum (Al):
- 0.06% or less excluding 0%, boron (B):
- 0.007% or less excluding 0%, and a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurity elements,
- wherein a relationship of a total content SUM of specific impurity elements and contents of the C, Cu, Nb, Ni, Cr and Mo satisfies the following relational expression 1,
- wherein in a microstructure of the steel, 20/μm2 or more precipitates having a diameter of 20 nm or less are present,
- wherein the precipitates having the diameter of 20 nm or less are Nb(C, N),
- |(C-SUM)·(Cu-SUM)·(Nb-SUM)·(Ni-SUM)·(Cr-SUM)·(Mo-SUM)|×105>3.0, [Relational Expression 1]
- where SUM is the total content of specific impurity elements, and means the total content in wt % of [W+Nd+Zr+Co].
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