Flat steel product having an improved zinc coating
AssigneeThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG
InventorStefan BIENHOLZ
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a flat steel product comprising a steel substrate with, present at least on one side of the steel substrate, anticorrosion coating composed of zinc and unavoidable impurities. This anticorrosion coating has continuous microchannels which connect the steel substrate to an ambient atmosphere. Additionally, the present disclosure relates to a process for producing a flat steel product of this kind.
Claims19
1-14. (canceled)
A flat steel product comprising:
- a steel substrate having, present at least on one side of the steel substrate, anticorrosion coating composed of zinc and unavoidable impurities,
- wherein the anticorrosion coating has continuous microchannels which connect the steel substrate to an ambient atmosphere.
The flat steel product as claimed in claim 3 wherein the microchannels run substantially perpendicular to the surface of the steel substrate.
The flat steel product as claimed in claim 19 wherein the microchannels have an angular distribution having a full width at half-maximum of more than 30°.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.