Abstract: Provided according to a preferable aspect of the present invention are a low-temperature steel material having excellent toughness in a welding portion thereof and a manufacturing method therefor, the low-temperature steel material comprising, by weight %, 0.02-0.06% of C, 6.0-7.5% of Ni, 0.4-1.0% of Mn, 0.02-0.15% of Si, 0.02-0.3% of Mo, 0.02-0.3% of Cr, 50 ppm or less of P, 10 ppm or less of S, 0.005-0.015% of Ti, 60 ppm or less of N, with a Ti/N weight % ratio of 2.5 of 4, and the balance of iron (Fe) and other inevitable impurities; and having: an effective grain size of 50 micrometers or less, with a boundary angle found to be 15 degrees or greater as measured by EBSD in an area of a fusion line (FL)-FL+1 mm in a weld heat-affected zone of a weld portion welded at a heat input of 5-50 kJ/cm; and an impact toughness of 70 J or higher at ?196° C. as measured in an area of fusion line (FL)-FL+1 mm.

Abstract: Provided is a steel sheet used as a material for an automotive exterior panel, etc., and a method for manufacturing the same. More particularly, provided is a cold-rolled steel sheet and a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet, which have excellent bake hardening properties, corrosion resistance, and anti-aging properties, and a method for manufacturing the same.

Abstract: An method of manufacturing a hot press-formed member comprises heating a blank of an aluminum-based plated steel sheet in a heating furnace, removing the heated blank from the heating furnace and conveying the removed blank between an upper mold portion and a lower mold portion of a mold, mounted on a press, to be seated; and performing a forming process after the upper mold portion of the mold is in contact with the seated blank.

Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention has an average degree of orientation difference of 0.5 to 10° between recrystallized grains that are in contact with a groove present on the surface of the electrical steel sheet and the bottom of the groove, and other recrystallized grains.

Abstract: Disclosed are an ionic liquid for pickling a stainless steel capable of rapidly removing oxide scale from the stainless steel at room temperature without using nitric acid or hydrofluoric acid and a method for pickling a stainless steel by using the same. The method for pickling a stainless steel according to an embodiment includes performing electrolytic pickling treatment by immersing a stainless steel in a pickling solution including an ionic liquid, wherein the ionic liquid comprises at least one of an imidazolium cation, a betainium cation, a sulfonium cation, a piperidinium cation, a phosphonium cation, an ammonium cation, a pyridium cation, a pyrrolidinium cation, and a morpholinium cation, as a cationic functional group, and at least one of a halide anion, a sulfonate anion, an alkylsulfate anion, a phosphinate anion, a salicylate anion, a nitrate anion, a tetrafluoroborate anion, a hexafluorophosphate anion, and a bistriflimide anion, as an anionic functional group.

Abstract: A vertical-type firing apparatus for a positive electrode material for a secondary battery, for vertically moving and firing the positive electrode material for the secondary battery, comprises: a vertical-type firing furnace including an exhaust part, an air supply part, and a firing space positioned between the exhaust part and the air supply part; and a heater for heating the firing space of the vertical-type firing furnace, wherein the firing space includes a temperature-raising space, a cooling space, and a temperature-maintaining space located between the temperature-raising space and the cooling space, and the temperature of the temperature-maintaining space is higher than the temperature of the temperature-raising space and the temperature of the cooling space.

Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a linear groove formed in one or both surfaces of the electrical steel sheet in a direction intersecting with a rolling direction; and a linear thermal shock portion formed in the one or both surfaces of the electrical steel sheet in a direction intersecting with the rolling direction. An angle between a longitudinal direction of the groove and a longitudinal direction of the thermal shock portion is 1 to 5°.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a high manganese steel for low temperature applications and a method for manufacturing the same. The high manganese steel contains 0.3 wt % to 0.8 wt % of C, 18 wt % to 26 wt % of Mn, 0.01 wt % to 1 wt % of Si, 0.01 wt % to 0.5 wt % of Al, 0.1 wt % or less of Ti (excluding 0%), 1 wt % to 4.5 wt % of Cr, 0.1 wt % to 0.9 wt % of Cu, 0.03 wt % or less of S (excluding 0%), 0.3 wt % or less of P (excluding 0%), 0.001 wt % to 0.03 wt % of N, 0.004 wt % or less of B (excluding 0%), and a remainder of Fe and other inevitable impurities, wherein a microstructure comprises an austenite single phase structure, and an average grain size of the austenite is 50 ?m or less.

Abstract: Provided is a steel sheet having excellent image clarity after painting, including: carbon (C): 0.001% to 0.03%, silicon (Si): 0.001% to 0.35%, manganese (Mn): 0.05% to 2.2%, phosphorus (P): 0.003% to 0.1%, sulfur (S): 0.001% or 0.025%, aluminum (Al): 0.01% to 0.1%, nitrogen (N): 0.001% to 0.007%, and a remainder of iron (Fe) and inevitable impurities. The microstructure of the steel sheet mainly is ferrite phases. An R-cube texture of a surface layer of the steel sheet is 5% or less by area %.

Abstract: An annealing separator composition for a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention contains a composite metal oxide containing Mg and a metal M, wherein the metal M is one or more of Be, Ca, Ba, Sr, Sn, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, and Zn.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wear resistant steel material that is not cracked even after being cut using gas, etc., and a method of manufacturing the wear resistant steel material.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a manufacturing method of a negative active material for a lithium secondary battery, a negative active material for a lithium secondary battery manufactured by the method, and a lithium secondary battery including the same. According to one embodiment, it is provided that: a method of manufacturing a negative active material for lithium secondary battery, comprising: coating a negative active material precursor containing Si with crude tar or soft pitch; and annealing an obtained coating product, wherein, the crude tar contains a low molecular weight component that can be removed by a distillation process in an amount of 20 wt % or less.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a non-oriented electrical steel sheet including. in wt%: Si: 2.5 to 4.0 %, Mn: 0.1 to 1.0 %, Al: 0.5 to 1.5 %, P: 0.002 to 0.015 %, and As: 0.002 to 0.01 %, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, and satisfying Formula 1 and Formula 2. 0.005 ? P + As ? 0.015 (In Formula 1, [P] and [As] represent a content (wt%) of P and As, respectively.) STD ? 0.7 × GS ([GS] is an average grain size (µm) measured when 10,000 or more grains having a grain size of 5 to 500 µm are observed on a surface of the steel sheet, and STD is a standard deviation (µm) at that time.

Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes, in wt%, Si: 1.5 to 4.0%, Al: 0.5 to 1.5%, Mn: 0.05 to 0.55%, C: 0.005% or less, Ti: 0.004% or less (excluding 0%), N: 0.005% or less (excluding 0%), S: 0.005% or less (excluding 0%), and Cu: 0.01% or less (excluding 0%), and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, and satisfies Formula 1 and Formula 2 below. [N]?0.005×([Al]×[Ti])??[Formula 1] [S]?0.01×([Mn]+[Cu])??[Formula 2] (In Formula 1 and Formula 2, [N], [Al], [Ti], [S], [Mn], and [Cu] represent a content (wt %) of N, Al, Ti, S, Mn, and Cu, respectively).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a radiant tube apparatus disposed in a heat treatment facility to perform a heat treatment of a strip and a method for manufacturing the same. The radiant tube apparatus includes a tube having an internal pipe, wherein the tube has a first continuous pattern and a second continuous pattern extending side by side and spaced apart from each other at a predetermined distance on a surface, and, in each of the first continuous pattern and the second continuous pattern, a plurality of unit patterns having a predetermined height from the surface are connected to each other in a longitudinal direction.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a steel for pressure vessels used in a hydrogen sulfide atmosphere, and relates to a steel material for pressure vessels having excellent resistance to hydrogen induced cracking (HIC) and a manufacturing method thereof.

Abstract: A preferable aspect of the present invention provides a high-strength high-toughness hot-rolled steel sheet and a manufacturing method therefor, wherein the hot-rolled steel sheet contains, by weight, 0.07-0.13% C, 0.20-0.50% Si, 0.5-0.9% Mn, 0.03% or less P, 0.02% or less S, 0.005-0.03% Nb, 0.3-0.6% Cr, 0.005-0.03% Ti, 0.1-0.35% Cu, 0.05-0.3% Ni, 0.01-0.15% Mo, 0.007% or less N, 0.001-0.006% Ca, 0.01-0.05% Al, and the balance Fe and other unavoidable impurities, the alloy elements satisfying the following relational formulas [Relational formula 1] 1.6?(Mo/96)/(P/31)?6, [Relational formula 2] 1.6?(Ca/S)?3, and [Relational formula 3] 3.5?(3*C/12+Mn/55)*100?5; wherein a microstructure comprises, by area fraction, 85% or more of polygonal ferrite and 15% or less of pearlite, the crystal grain size of the polygonal ferrite being 10 ?m or less; and wherein a variation in yield strength in a width direction is 35 MPa or lower.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cold-rolled steel sheet having excellent high-temperature properties and room-temperature workability, including, by weight: carbon (C): 0.0005 to 0.003%, manganese (Mn): 0.20 to 0.50%, aluminum (Al): 0.01 to 0.10%, phosphorus (P): 0.003 to 0.020%, nitrogen (N): 0.0005 to 0.004%, sulfur (S): 0.015% or less, niobium (Nb): 0.005 to 0.040%, chromium (Cr): 0.10 to 0.50%, tungsten (W): 0.02 to 0.07%, and a balance of iron (Fe) and other inevitable impurities, wherein C, Nb, and W satisfy the following relationship 1, a microstructure comprises 95 area % or more of polygonal ferrite and 5 area % or less of acicular ferrite, and the cold-rolled steel sheet comprises (Nb,W)C-based precipitates having an average size of 0.005 to 0.10 ?m and a method for manufacturing the same: 0.00025?(2×Nb/93)×(W/184)/(C/12)?0.0015??[Relationship 1] where, C, Nb, and W are in weight %.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a hot-press formed part comprising a plated steel sheet and an aluminum alloy plated layer formed on the plated steel sheet, wherein the aluminum alloy plated layer comprises: an alloying layer (I) formed on the plated steel sheet and containing, by weight %, 5-30% of Al; an alloying layer (II) formed on the alloying layer (I) and containing, by weight %, 30 to 60% of Al; an alloying layer (III) formed on the alloying layer (II) and containing, by weight %, 20-50% of Al and 5-20% of Si; and an alloying layer (IV) formed continuously or discontinuously on at least a part of the surface of the alloying layer (III), and containing 30-60% of Al, wherein the rate of the alloying layer (III) exposed on the outermost surface of the aluminum alloy plated layer is 10% or more.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a cathode active material, a method for manufacturing the same, and a lithium secondary battery including the same. According to an embodiment, a cathode active material can be provided, the cathode active material comprising: a lithium metal oxide including a core and a shell disposed on a surface of the core; and a coating layer disposed on a surface of the lithium metal oxide, wherein a c value that satisfies Equation 1 and is in a range of 0.3 to 0.7, and the core and the shell have a layered crystalline structure.