High strength steel member with a low yield ratio
AssigneeSumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
InventorsYasutaka Okada, Yasuhide Fujioka
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Abstract
A high tensile strength, low yield ratio steel member has a steel composition consisting essentially of, by weight: C: 0.15-0.40%, Si: 0.10-0.70%, Mn: 1.0-2.7%, Cr: 1.0-3.5%, sol.Al: 0.01-0.05%, P: not larger than 0.025%, S: not larger than 0.015%, Mo: 0-1.0% Ni: 0-2.5%, V: 0-0.10%, Ti: 0-0.10%, Nb: 0-0.10%, B: 0-0.0050%. Fe and incidental impurities: balance the below-described bainite index (%) of the steel composition being 0-50%, the steel being comprised of a single phase of martensite or a martensite and bainite duplex structure containing 50% or less of bainite. Bainite Index (%)=-209 C+43Si-48Mn-58Cr-0.416R+317 wherein R is a cooling rate (.degree.C./min).
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A high tensile strength, low yield ratio steel member having a steel composition which consists essentially of, by weight:
- C:
- 0.15-0.40%, Si:
- 0.10-0.70%, Mn:
- 1.0-2.7%,
- Cr:
- 1.0-3.5%, sol. Al:
- 0.01-0.05%,
- P:
- not larger than 0.025%, S:
- not larger than 0.015%,
- Mo:
- 0-1.0%., Ni:
- 0-2.5%,
- V:
- 0-0.10%, Ti:
- 0-0.10%, Nb:
- 0-0.10%,
- B:0
- Fe and incidental impurities:
- balance
- the steel having a tensile strength of at least 120 kfg/mn.sup.2 and a yield ratio of 0.75 or less, the steel being comprised of a martensite and bainite duplex structure containing 50% or less of bainite and having a bainite index defined by:
- Bainite Index (%)=-209C+43Si-48Mn-58Cr-0.416R+317
- wherein R is a cooling rate (.degree.C./min) of greater than 0 and up to 50%.
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