Base sheet for grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, grain-oriented silicon steel sheet which is used as material of base sheet for grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, method of manufacturing base sheet for grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, and method of manufacturing grain-oriented electrical steel sheet

Abstract

In a base sheet for a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet of the present invention, an amount of surface oxygen x per one surface of the base sheet and a value y of a peak (ΔR/R0 @1250 cm−1) of SiO2 on the surface of the base sheet obtained by infrared reflection spectroscopy satisfy y≥1500x2.5 and y≥0.24. A method of manufacturing the base sheet for a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet of the present invention includes: adjusting the amount of surface oxygen per one surface of a final-annealed grain-oriented silicon steel sheet to more than 0.01 g/m2 and 0.05 g/m2 or less, or more than 0.05 g/m2 and 0.10 g/m2 or less; and performing thermal oxidation annealing in an atmosphere in which an oxidation potential represented by a ratio PH2O/PH2 of water vapor pressure to hydrogen pressure is 0.0081 or less in a case where the amount of surface oxygen is more than 0.01 g/m2 and 0.05 g/m2 or less, or in an atmosphere in which the oxidation potential is 0.005 or less in a case where the amount of surface oxygen is more than 0.05 g/m2 and 0.10 g/m2 or less, at a soaking temperature of 1000° C. or lower to form an externally oxidized layer on a surface of the grain-oriented silicon steel sheet.

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