# US 7,465,364 B2 · Fe-Cr-Si based non-oriented electromagnetic steel sheet and process for producing the same

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- Number: US 7,465,364 B2
- Document ID: US7465364B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 10/538,501
- Filed: 2003-12-18
- Published: 2006-03-09
- Granted: 2008-12-16
- Earliest claimed: 2002-12-24
- Assignees: Jfe Steel Corporation
- Inventors: Takeshi Omura; Masaaki Kohno; Masaki Kawano
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7465364B2

## CPC

- C21D 1/76: Adjusting the composition of the atmosphere
- C22C 38/004: {Very low carbon steels, i.e. having a carbon content of less than 0,01%}
- C22C 38/008: {containing tin}
- C22C 38/06: containing aluminium
- C22C 38/34: with more than 1.5% by weight of silicon
- C22C 38/60: containing lead, selenium, tellurium, or antimony, or more than 0.04% by weight of sulfur
- H01F 1/14716: {in the form of sheets}
- C21D: MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING (surface treatment of metallic material involving at least one process provided for in class C23 and at least one process covered by this subclass C23F17/00; unidirectional solidification of eutectic materials or unidirectional demixing of eutectoid materials C30B)
- C22C: ALLOYS (treatment of alloys C21D, C22F)
- H01F: MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES

## Abstract

An Fe—Cr—Si based non-oriented electrical steel sheet contains 2.5% to 10% by mass of Si, 1.5% to 20% by mass of Cr, 0.006% by mass or less of C, 0.002% by mass or less of N, 0.005% by mass or less of S, 0.005% by mass or less of Ti, 0.005% by mass or less of Nb, and as necessary, 0.1% to 2% by mass of Al and at least one of 0.005% to 1% by mass of Sb and 0.005% to 1% by mass of Sn, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, wherein the electrical resistivity of the steel is 60 μΩcm or more, and the number of nitrides containing chromium per mm2 in the interior of the steel sheet is 2,500 or less. Consequently, the problem that high electrical resistance resulting from the high Si content and high Cr content is not satisfactorily utilized is advantageously solved, and it is possible to provide a non-oriented electrical steel sheet having excellent magnetic properties in the high-frequency range, in particular, in a frequency range of 1 kHz or more.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An Fe—Cr—Si based non-oriented electrical steel sheet comprising:
2.5% to 10% by mass of Si;
1.5% to 20% by mass of Cr;
0.1% to 2% by mass of Al;
0.006% by mass or less of C;
0.0021% by mass to 0.004% by mass of N;
0.005% by mass or less of S;
0.005% by mass or less of Ti;
0.005% by mass or less of Nb; and
the balance being Fe and incidental impurities,
wherein the electrical resistivity of the steel is 60 μΩcm or more, and the number of nitrides containing chromium per mm2 in the interior of the steel sheet is 2,500 or less.

### Claim 2

An Fe—Cr—Si based non-oriented electrical steel sheet comprising:
2.5% to 10% by mass of Si;
1.5% to 20% by mass of Cr;
0.1% to 2% by mass of Al;
0.006% by mass or less of C;
0.0021% by mass to 0.004% by mass of N;
0.005% by mass or less of S;
0.005% by mass or less of Ti;
0.005% by mass or less of Nb;
at least one of 0.005% to 1% by mass of Sb and 0.005% to 1% by mass of Sn; and
the balance being Fe and incidental impurities,
wherein the electrical resistivity of the steel is 60 μΩcm or more, and the number of nitrides containing chromium per mm2 in the interior of the steel sheet is 2,500 or less.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1, 2)

The Fe—Cr—Si based non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising at least one of 1% by mass or less of Mn and 1% by mass or less of P.

### Claim 4

A method for producing an Fe—Cr—Si based non-oriented electrical steel sheet comprising the steps of:
casting molten steel containing 2.5% to 10% by mass of Si and 1.5% to 20% by mass of Cr;
subjecting the cast steel to rolling process including cold rolling (including warm rolling, hereinafter the same); and
subjecting the resulting rolled steel sheet to final annealing,
wherein the nitriding gas content in the final annealing atmosphere is controlled to 5 percent by volume or more and less than 30 percent by volume in total in terms of nitrogen gas.

### Claim 5

A method for producing an Fe—Cr—Si based non-oriented electrical steel sheet comprising the steps of:
casting molten steel containing 2.5% to 10% by mass of Si, 1.5% to 20% by mass of Cr, and at least one of more than 0.04% to 1% by mass of Sb and more than 0.06% to 1% by mass of Sn;
subjecting the cast steel to rolling process including cold rolling; and
subjecting the resulting rolled steel sheet to final annealing,
wherein the nitriding gas content in the final annealing atmosphere is controlled to 60 percent by volume or more and less than 95 percent by volume in total in terms of nitrogen gas.

### Claim 6

A method for producing an Fe—Cr—Si based non-oriented electrical steel sheet comprising the steps of:
casting molten steel containing 2.5% to 10% by mass of Si, 1.5% to 20% by mass of Cr, and 0.1% to 2% by mass of Al;
subjecting the cast steel to rolling process including cold rolling; and
subjecting the resulting rolled steel sheet to final annealing,
wherein the nitriding gas content in the final annealing atmosphere is controlled to 60 percent by volume or more and less than 95 percent by volume in total in terms of nitrogen gas.

### Claim 7

A method for producing an Fe—Cr—Si based non-oriented electrical steel sheet comprising the steps of:
casting molten steel containing 2.5% to 10% by mass of Si, 1.5% to 20% by mass of Cr, 0.1% to 2% by mass of Al, and at least one of 0.005% to 1% by mass of Sb and 0.005% to 1% by mass of Sn;
subjecting the cast steel to rolling process including cold rolling; and
subjecting the resulting rolled steel sheet to final annealing,
wherein the nitriding gas content in the final annealing atmosphere is controlled to 60 percent by volume or more and less than 95 percent by volume in total in terms of nitrogen gas.

### Claim 8 (depends on 4, 5, 6, 7)

The method for producing the Fe—Cr—Si based non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to any one of claims 4 to 7, wherein the rolling process comprises the substeps of:
hot-rolling the cast steel slab;
subjecting the resulting hot-rolled sheet to hot-rolled sheet annealing as necessary; and
subjecting the hot-rolled sheet or annealed hot-rolled sheet to cold rolling once, or twice or more with intermediate annealing being interposed therebetween.