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Definitions

• the present invention relates to a hot dip plated steel sheet used in automotive materials and a method of manufacturing the same, and more particularly, to a hot dip plated steel sheet having excellent platability and plating adhesiveness, and a method of manufacturing the same.
• Such steels may include an advanced high strength steel (AHSS) or the like, such as a dual phase (DP) steel and a transformation induced plasticity (TRIP) steel, which have recently been developed and partially commercialized.
• AHSS advanced high strength steel
• DP dual phase
• TRIP transformation induced plasticity
• Advanced high strength steel is characterized by containing large amounts of elements, such as silicon (Si) , manganese (Mn) , and aluminum (Al) , and for example, since Si acts as an element to maintain ductility without significantly reducing the strength thereof, Si is frequently added to obtain the foregoing property.
• elements such as silicon (Si) , manganese (Mn) , and aluminum (Al) , and for example, since Si acts as an element to maintain ductility without significantly reducing the strength thereof, Si is frequently added to obtain the foregoing property.
• a hot dip Zn plated steel sheet manufactured through a typical method of hot dip Zn plating by using a steel sheet as an underlying steel sheet, in which Si is added as an alloy element in an amount of about 0.1 wt% or more may have limitations in that bare spots or appearance defects may easily be generated.
• annealing process one of processes of manufacturing the hot dip Zn plated steel sheet.
• a heat treatment is performed at a high temperature of about 800°C while a reducing environment including 5% or more of hydrogen and nitrogen as a remainder is maintained (see JP1999-323443 and US 5137586) , and Si diffuses to a surface of the steel sheet during the foregoing high- temperature heat treatment process .
• a concentration of Si in the steel surface will be about 10 to 100 times higher than an average concentration of Si in the overall steel, and the Si concentrated on the surface of the steel sheet may react with moisture or impurities in a furnace atmosphere to form a Si0 2 coating layer.
• the Si0 2 coating layer formed on the surface of the steel sheet may significantly decrease wettability of the steel sheet, and eventually, excellent platability may be difficult to secure. That is, the Si0 2 coating layer formed on the surface of the steel sheet may generate a phenomenon of multiple bare spots or may significantly deteriorate plating adhesiveness even in the case that plating is possible, and therefore, may act as a cause of a plating delamination phenomenon, in which a plating layer is delaminated when the steel sheet is processed into a component .
• An example thereof may be a technique, in which amounts of alloy layers of Zn-Fe-Al-Si and Fe-Al-Si systems at an interface of underlying iron and plating layers are increased by increasing an added amount of Al in a hot dip Zn plating bath.
• Another related art plating process may include a technique in which an oxide coating layer is formed by introducing excessive air into a direct fired furnace in order to improve the platability of a Si-added steel, and a reduction treatment is then performed in a heating furnace having a reducing environment, to significantly improve platability.
• plating delamination may be instead be generated by the thick coating layer when the thickness of the oxide coating layer is not precisely controlled.
• the thickness of the iron oxide in the direct fired furnace may be very precisely controlled.
• Another related art may include a technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Publication No. 2010- 1156590, the technique being a method of manufacturing a hot dip Zn plated steel sheet by oxidizing, reduction annealing, and hot dip Zn plating a cold-rolled steel sheet containing alloying elements such as Si and Mn, wherein the steel sheet is heated to obtain a steel sheet temperature of 550°C or more in an environment, in which fuel gas including H 2 and CH 4 in a total amount of 50 vol% or more burns at an air-fuel ratio range of 1.01 to 1.5 during oxidation, and the steel sheet is also heated in an environment, which includes 1 vol% to 20 vol% of hydrogen having a dew point range of -50°C to -10°C and nitrogen as a remainder, during reduction annealing.
• the technique being a method of manufacturing a hot dip Zn plated steel sheet by oxidizing, reduction annealing, and hot dip Zn plating a cold-rolled steel sheet containing alloying elements such as
• plating adhesiveness may also be insufficiently secured by means of the foregoing related art .
• An aspect of the present invention provides a hot dip plated steel sheet having excellent platability and plating adhesiveness, in which a steel sheet containing alloying elements forming oxides on a surface of the steel sheet at high temperatures is used as an underlying steel sheet, and a method of manufacturing the hot dip plated steel sheet.
• a hot dip plated steel sheet having excellent plating adhesiveness including: a steel sheet containing alloying elements forming oxides on a surface of the steel sheet at high temperatures as an underlying steel sheet; and a plating material plated on the underlying steel sheet, wherein a discontinuous reduced iron (Fe) layer and a Fe-plating material alloy phase are formed at an interface of the underlying steel sheet and a plating layer.
• a discontinuous reduced iron (Fe) layer and a Fe-plating material alloy phase are formed at an interface of the underlying steel sheet and a plating layer.
• Examples of the underlying steel sheet may be an annealed or a full hard cold-rolled steel sheet including one or more of silicon (Si) , manganese (Mn) , and aluminum (Al) in addition to Fe.
• An example of the underlying steel sheet may be a dual phase (DP) steel, a transformation induced plasticity (TRIP) steel, a complex phase (CP) steel, a martensitic (MART) steel, a twinning induced plasticity (TWIP) steel, etc.
• DP dual phase
• TRIP transformation induced plasticity
• CP complex phase
• MART martensitic
• TWIP twinning induced plasticity
• the plating material may be a material including one or more of zinc (Zn) , aluminum (Al) , and magnesium (Mg) as ' main components .
• examples of the hot dip plated steel may be a hot dip Zn plated steel sheet, a hot dip Al plated steel sheet, a hot dip Zn-Al plated steel sheet, and hot dip alloy plated steel sheets of Al-Zn-Mg-Si, Al-Zn-Mg, Al-Mg, Zn-Mg, and the like.
• a method of manufacturing a hot dip plated steel sheet having excellent plating adhesiveness including: oxidizing a steel sheet containing alloying elements forming oxides on a surface of the steel sheet at high temperatures by using a direct fired furnace at an air/fuel ratio or an air/gas ratio range of about 1.01 to about 1.5 and a steel sheet temperature range at an exit of the direct fired furnace of about 550 °C to about 750 °C; performing reduction annealing and hot dip plating; and performing a slight annealing treatment in a temperature range of 400°C to about 550 °C.
• Examples of the underlying steel plate may be an annealed or a full hard cold-rolled steel sheet including one or more of Si, Mn, and Al in addition to Fe .
• An example of the underlying steel sheet may be a DP steel, a TRIP steel, a CP steel, a MART steel, a TWIP steel, or the like.
• Examples of the direct fired furnace may be a direct fired furnace (DFF) or a direct flame impingement (DFI) furnace .
• DFF direct fired furnace
• DFI direct flame impingement
• the plating material may be a material including one or more of Zn, Al, and Mg as a main component.
• examples of the hot dip plated steel sheet may be a hot dip Zn plated steel sheet, a hot dip Al plated steel sheet, a hot dip Zn-Al plated steel sheet, and hot dip alloy plated steel sheets of Al-Zn- g-Si, Al-Zn-Mg, Al-Mg, Zn-Mg, and the like.
• a hot dip plated steel sheet having excellent platability and plating adhesiveness in which a steel sheet containing alloying elements forming oxides on a surface of the steel sheet at high temperatures is used as an underlying steel sheet, is provided, and thus, limitations in added amounts of Si, Mn, or Al may be mitigated. Therefore, development of new steels may be accelerated.
• FIG. 1 is a schematic view .illustrating a cross-section in a thickness direction of a hot dip zinc plated steel sheet manufactured according to a conventional method
• FIG. 2 is a schematic view illustrating a cross-section in a thickness direction of a hot dip zinc plated steel sheet manufactured according to an example of the present invention
• FIG. 3 are micrographs showing cross-sections in a thickness direction of a hot dip zinc plated steel sheet after a slight annealing treatment according to an example of the present invention
• FIG. 4 is a micrograph showing a cross-section in a thickness direction of a hot dip zinc plated steel sheet manufactured according to a conventional method.
• FIG. 5 is a micrograph showing a cross-section in a thickness direction of a hot dip zinc plated steel sheet manufactured according to an example of the present invention. [Best Mode]
• hot dip zinc (Zn) plated steel sheet known as the most typical hot dip plated steel sheet, is described as an example.
• a steel sheet containing alloying elements such as silicon (Si) and manganese (Mn) , easily forming oxides on a surface of the steel sheet at high temperatures
• a steel sheet containing alloying elements such as silicon (Si) and manganese (Mn)
• Si silicon
• Mn manganese
• a reduced Fe layer is formed by reducing the Fe oxide layer in a reduction annealing process, and hot dip Zn plating is then performed; an oxide layer is continuously or mostly formed between the underlying steel sheet and a zinc plating layer as shown in FIG. 1.
• the oxide layer formed at this time is not necessarily formed continuously, and any form may be applicable so long as the oxide layer may cause bare spots or plating delamination even in the case that the oxide layer is discontinuous.
• Examples of the oxide layer formed between the underlying steel sheet and the Zn plating layer may be , a oxide layer formed of mono oxide, in which Si, Mn, or aluminum (Alj are singly combined with oxygen, or a complex oxide, in which two or more of Si, Mn, or Al are combined with oxygen by being mixed with each other.
• the oxide layer formed between the underlying steel sheet and the Zn plating layer denotes an oxide layer formed singly of mono . oxides such as Si0 2 and MnO or complex oxides such as Mn 2 Si0 4 and MnSi0 3 , or formed by mixing two or more thereof.
• an oxide layer formed by continuous or discontinuous concentration of the foregoing oxides on the surface, is described by through denotation as an Si-Mn oxide layer for convenience, as shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 4, and 5.
• the objective of the present invention is to improve plating adhesiveness as well as platability by using a hot dip Zn plated steel sheet, in which a steel sheet containing alloying elements forming oxides on a surface of the steel sheet at high temperatures is used as an underlying steel sheet and a plating material (hereinafter, Zn is described as an example) is plated on the underlying steel sheet, and forming discontinuous reduced Fe layer and Fe-Zn alloy phase, as shown in FIG. 2, at or near an interface of the underlying steel sheet and the hot dip ⁇ plating layer.
• a plating material hereinafter, Zn is described as an example
• the Fe-Zn alloy phase is distributed from the interface of the plating layer/underlying steel sheet in a direction of a surface of the plating layer, and may be distributed so as not to be optically observed at the surface of the plated steel sheet.
• the Fe-Zn alloy phase as shown in FIG. 2, is distributed from the interface of the plating layer/underlying steel sheet ' into the zinc plating layer by penetrating a discontinuous oxide layer.
• the Fe-Zn alloy phase may be distributed within a thickness of 60% of a total thickness of the plating layer from the interface of the plating layer/underlying steel sheet to a direction of the surface of the plating layer.
• the thickness of the Fe-Zn alloy phase is greater than 60% of the total thickness of the plating layer, corrosion resistance of the steel sheet may decrease because the alloy phase may be partially formed on the surface of the plating layer.
• the hot dip Zn plated steel sheet of the present invention may include a discontinuous Si-Mn oxide layer and an Al-Fe inhibition layer in addition to the discontinuous reduced Fe layer and the Fe-Zn alloy phase between the underlying steel sheet and the Zn plating layer.
• the discontinuous Si-Mn oxide layer and Al-Fe inhibition layer were layers observed in a relatively continuous form in the related art as in FIG. 1, but the Si-Mn oxide layer and Al-Fe inhibition layer are observed in a discontinuous form because the foregoing layers are partially destructed or diffused into the zinc plating layer while the Fe-Zn alloy phase is formed as in FIG. 2.
• the hot dip Zn plated steel sheet of the present invention may include Si-Mn internal oxide, for example, up to a depth of 7 ⁇ from the interface of the plating layer/underlying steel sheet in an inner direction of the underlying steel sheet.
• examples of the underlying steel sheet may be an annealed or full hard cold-rolled steel sheet including one or more of Si, Mn, and Al in addition to Fe .
• An example of the underlying steel sheet may be a dual phase (DP) steel, a transformation induced plasticity (TRIP) steel, a complex phase (CP) steel, a martensitic (MART) steel, a twinning induced plasticity (TWIP) steel, etc.
• DP dual phase
• TRIP transformation induced plasticity
• CP complex phase
• MART martensitic
• TWIP twinning induced plasticity
• the plating material may be a material including one or more of n, Al, and magnesium (Mg) as main components.
• examples of the hot dip plated steel may be a hot dip Zn plated steel sheet, a hot dip Al plated steel sheet, a hot dip Zn-Al plated steel sheet, and hot dip alloy plated steel sheets of Al-Zn- g-Si, Al-Zn-Mg, Al-Mg, Zn-Mg, and the like.
• the hot dip Zn plated steel sheet of the present invention As described above, excellent plating adhesiveness may be secured in the hot dip Zn plated steel sheet of the present invention, because wettability is improved due to the prevention of a diffusion amount of the Si-Mn oxide to the surface portion of the steel sheet by the reduced Fe layer, and also, after plating as shown in FIG. 3, the Fe-Zn alloy phase acts as a bridge between the steel sheet and the plating layer by destroying the continuous oxide layer and being formed inside the zinc plating layer from the interface of the plating layer/underlying steel sheet.
• the method of manufacturing the hot dip Zn plated steel sheet of the present invention includes a process of oxidizing an underlying steel sheet by using a steel sheet containing alloying elements forming oxides on a surface of the steel sheet at high temperatures as the underlying steel sheet, a process of reduction annealing, a process of hot dip Zn plating, and a process of performing a slight annealing treatment .
• Examples of the underlying steel plate may be an annealed or full hard cold-rolled steel sheet including one or more of Si, Mn, and Al in addition to Fe .
• An example of the underlying steel sheet may be a dual phase (DP) steel, a transformation induced plasticity (TRIP) steel, a complex phase (CP) steel, a martensitic (MART) steel, a twinning induced plasticity (TWIP) steel, etc.
• DP dual phase
• TRIP transformation induced plasticity
• CP complex phase
• MART martensitic
• TWIP twinning induced plasticity
• the plating material may be a material including one or more of Zn, Al, and Mg as main components.
• examples of the hot dip plated steel may be a hot dip Zn plated steel sheet, a hot dip Al plated steel sheet, a hot dip Zn-Al plated steel sheet, and hot dip alloy plated steel sheets of Al-Zn-Mg-Si, Al-Zn-Mg, Al-Mg, Zn-Mg, and the like.
• the oxidation process is performed under conditions of an air-fuel ratio of 1.01 to 1.5 in a direct fired furnace and a temperature of the steel sheet at an exit of the direct fired furnace is within a range of 550°C to 750°C.
• Examples of the direct fired furnace may be a direct fired furnace (DFF) or a direct flame impingement (DFI) furnace .
• DFF direct fired furnace
• DFI direct flame impingement
• the air- fuel ratio in the direct fired furnace When the air- fuel ratio in the direct fired furnace is less than 1.01, oxidation of Fe may be insufficient, and when the air-fuel ratio is greater than 1.5, a backfire phenomenon of a heating apparatus of the direct fired furnace may occur. Therefore, the air- fuel ratio in the direct fired furnace may be limited to within a range of 1.01 to 1.5.
• the temperature of the steel sheet at the exit of the direct fired furnace may be less than 550°C, prevention of the diffusion of oxide to a surface thereof may be difficult because the generation of internal oxidation of the steel sheet is insufficient, and when the temperature of the steel sheet at the exit of the direct fired furnace is greater than 750°C, an amount of a concentrated product may be too large because a diffusion rate of the oxide to the surface thereof is excessively increased while an amount of production may decrease because a line speed must be reduced in order to attain a target temperature. Therefore, the temperature of the steel sheet at the exit of the direct fired furnace may be limited to within a range of 550°C to 750°C.
• an air-fuel ratio of a third region from an entrance of an incoming steel sheet among the four regions may be within a range of 1.1 to 1.4, and an air-fuel ratio of a fourth region may be within a range of 1.1 to 1.3.
• a DFF or DFI apparatus the direct fired furnace described in the present invention, is mainly positioned at a first half part of a heating section.
• any position may be used so long as a targeted heat treatment temperature may be secured and a Fe oxide layer may be formed.
• a Fe oxide layer is formed on the surface of the steel sheet and the Fe oxide layer is reduced in a reduction annealing process to be formed as a reduced Fe layer.
• the reduction annealing process in the present invention is not particularly limited and the reduction annealing process is irrelevant to apparatus types and operating conditions so long as mechanical properties of the steel sheet may be secured and the reduced Fe layer may be formed by continuously performing heat treatments .
• a general annealing heat treatment apparatus is composed of a preheating section, a heating section, a soaking section, a fast cooling section, a slow cooling section, an overaging section, or a reheating section, and the arrangement and numbers of the foregoing heat treatment sections may be changed if necessary.
• a section having the highest heat treatment temperature is a soaking section and a soaking heat treatment is performed while the temperature thereof is typically maintained at a range of 780°C to 850°C for 50 seconds to 100 seconds.
• the hot dip Zn plating process is not particularly limited in the present invention, and the plating is typically performed by dipping for about 3 seconds to 5 seconds in a plating bath having a composition of 0.12% to 0.25%. of Al and Zn as a remainder and a temperature of 460°C to 470°C.
• the operating condition may be changed according to melting points of alloying elements, such as a plating bath having 5% to 12% of Si and Al as a remainder at a temperature of 660°C to 680°C with respect to a hot dip Al plated steel sheet and a plating bath having 50% to 60% of Al and 40% to 50% of Zn at a temperature of 590°C to 610°C with respect to a hot dip Al-Zn plated steel sheet, and capacity of an apparatus.
• alloying elements such as a plating bath having 5% to 12% of Si and Al as a remainder at a temperature of 660°C to 680°C with respect to a hot dip Al plated steel sheet and a plating bath having 50% to 60% of Al and 40% to 50% of Zn at a temperature of 590°C to 610°C with respect to a hot dip Al-Zn plated steel sheet, and capacity of an apparatus.
• the underlying steel sheet is hot dip Zn plated as described above, and a slight annealing treatment is then performed in order to form the reduced Fe layer and Fe-Zn alloy phase at the interface between the underlying steel plate and hot dip Zn plating layer.
• a temperature of the slight annealing treatment may be limited within a range of 400°C to 550°C.
• the slight annealing treatment temperature is less than 400°C
• plating delamination may be generated because a bridging effeet _ between the underlying steel sheet and the plating layer is insufficient due to the less formation of the Fe-Zn alloy phase at the interface of the underlying steel sheet/plating layer.
• the slight annealing treatment temperature is greater than 550°C
• a decrease in corrosion resistance and a non-uniform appearance of the steel sheet may occur because the thickness of the Fe-Zn alloy phase is greater than 60% of the total thickness of the plating layer and the Fe-Zn alloy phase is partially formed at the surface of the plating layer.
• the slight annealing treatment temperature may be within a range of 440°C to 500°C.
• Any apparatus may be used for the slight annealing treatment so long as the apparatus may perform a slight annealing reaction by being positioned at a certain position past an air knife and heating the steel sheet to a temperature range of 400°C to 550°C within a few seconds after hot dip plating. However, it may be effective to perform the slight annealing treatment by using a GA heater installed in a typical plating line or an apparatus having a function similar thereto .
• a discontinuous Si-Mn oxide layer and an Al-Fe inhibition layer may exist at the interface between the plating layer and the underlying steel sheet.
• the reduction annealing was performed in a mixed gas environment of 10% H 2 -90% N 2 having a dew point of -45°C, and in particular, a heat treatment condition of a soaking section was maintained at 800°C for 1 minute.
• the hot dip plating was performed by dipping in a plating bath, which had plating material compositions of the following Table 1 and was sufficiently melted, for 5 seconds.
• hot dip plated steel sheets manufactured under the foregoing conditions were subjected to slight annealing treatments with the conditions of Table 2 to manufacture respective hot dip Zn plated steel sheets.
• Platability as a property of easily coating a hot dip plating material on an underlying steel sheet, an appearance of a plated steel sheet was optically observed and evaluation criteria are as below.
• Grades 1 to 2 no bare spots, a level for an automotive outer panel
• Grades 3 to 5 observation of ultra fine bare spots, a level for an automotive inner panel and other products
• Non-grade observation of small bare spots, not a product level
• Plating adhesiveness as a property of evaluating whether a plating layer adhered to an underlying steel sheet generates a delamination phenomenon or not, whether or not a delaminated plating layer peeled off with a tape was observed when the tape was adhered to a bending portion and detached after O-T bending of a plated steel sheet, and evaluation criteria are as below.
• FIG. 4 A cross-sectional micrograph of a hot dip Zn plated steel sheet manufactured according to an example of the present invention in a thickness direction was observed, and the result thereof is presented in FIG. 5.
• Example 2 using a conventional method, it may be understood that a surface appearance of the plated steel sheet was grades 1 to 3 such that platability was good, but plating adhesiveness was not.
• the hot dip Zn plated steel sheet manufactured according to Inventive Examples corresponding to the present invention it may be understood that the plated steel sheet had a good surface appearance as well as having good plating adhesiveness.
• the Si-Mn oxide layer was destroyed by the formation of the Fe-Zn alloy phase and became discontinuous or weakened, and therefore, plating adhesiveness of the hot dip Zn plated steel sheet may be more improved.

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