Hot dip galvanized steel sheet and method for producing same

A method for producing the hot dip galvanized steel sheet comprising a base steel sheet and a hot dip galvanized layer on at least one surface of the base steel sheet, wherein the base steel sheet has a chemical composition comprising, by mass %,

• C:
• 0.050% to 0.350%,
• Si:
• 0.10% to 2.50%,
• Mn:
• 1.00% to 3.50%,
• P:
• greater than 0% to 0.050%,
• S:
• greater than 0% to 0.0100%,
• Al:
• 0.001% to 1.500%,
• N:
• greater than 0% to 0.0100%,
• O:
• greater than 0% to 0.0100%,
• Ti:
• 0.005% to 0.200%,
• B:
• 0.0005% to 0.0100%,
• V:
• 0% to 1.00%,
• Nb:
• 0% to 0.100%,
• Cr:
• 0% to 2.00%,
• Ni:
• 0% to 1.00%,
• Cu:
• 0% to 1.00%,
• Co:
• 0% to 1.00%,
• Mo:
• 0% to 1.00%,
• W:
• 0% to 1.00%,
• Sn:
• 0% to 1.00%,
• Sb:
• 0% to 1.00%,
• Ca:
• 0% to 0.0100%,
• Mg:
• 0% to 0.0100%,
• Ce:
• 0% to 0.0100%,
• Zr:
• 0% to 0.0100%,
• La:
• 0% to 0.0100%,
• Hf:
• 0% to 0.0100%,
• Bi:
• 0% to 0.0100%,
• REM other than Ce and La:
• 0% to 0.0100% and
• a balance of Fe and impurities,
• a steel microstructure at a range of ⅛ thickness to ⅜ thickness centered about a position of ¼ thickness from a surface of the base steel sheet contains, by volume fraction,
• ferrite:
• 0% to 50%,
• retained austenite:
• 0% to 30%,
• tempered martensite:
• 5% or more,
• fresh martensite:
• 0% to 10%, and
• pearlite and cementite in total:
• 0% to 5%,
• when there are remaining structures, the remaining structures comprise bainite, a concentration of B atoms at prior austenite grain boundaries is 2.0 atm % or more, and an average effective crystal grain size is 7.0 μm or less, the method comprising
• (A) a hot rolling step comprising finish rolling a slab having the chemical composition, then coiling it up, wherein the hot rolling step satisfies the conditions of the following (A1) to (A4):
• (A1) a time during which the slab dwells at the temperature TB or less from extracting the slab to the finish rolling inlet side is 300 seconds or less,
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• (where [B] and [N] respectively represent mass % of boron (B) and nitrogen (N)),
• (A2) in the finish rolling, the finish rolling inlet side temperature is 900 to 1050° C., the finish rolling exit temperature is 850° C. to 1000° C. and a total rolling reduction is 70 to 95%,
• (A3) in cooling of the steel sheet after the finish rolling, the average cooling rate from the finish rolling exit temperature to 800° C. is V° C./s or more,
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• (where [B] and [N] respectively represent mass % of boron (B) and nitrogen (N)), and
• (A4) a coiling temperature is 450 to 680° C., and
• (B) a hot dip galvanizing step comprising heating the obtained steel sheet to first soak it, first cooling then second soaking the first soaked steel sheet, dipping the second soaked steel sheet in a hot dip galvanizing bath, second cooling the coated steel sheet, and heating the second cooled steel sheet then third soaking it, wherein the hot dip galvanizing step satisfies the conditions of the following (B1) to (B7):
• (B1) in the heating of the steel sheet before the first soaking, an average heating rate from 650° C. to a maximum heating temperature of Ac1±30° C. or more and 950° C. or less is 0.5° C./s to 10.0° C./s,
• (B2) the steel sheet is held at the maximum heating temperature for 1 second to 1000 seconds (first soaking),
• (B3) an average cooling rate in a temperature range of 700 to 600° C. at the first cooling is 10 to 100° C./s,
• (B4) the first cooled steel sheet is held in a range of 480 to 600° C. for 80 seconds to 500 seconds (second soaking),
• (B5) when dipping the second soaked steel sheet in a hot dip galvanizing bath, then alloying it, the alloying treatment is performed in a range of 460 to 600° C.,
• (B6) the second cooling is performed down to Ms−50° C. or less, and
• (B7) the second cooled steel sheet is heated to a temperature region of 200 to 420° C., then held in the temperature region for 5 to 1000 seconds (third soaking).