Abstract: A method comprises: annealing a steel sheet by conveying the steel sheet through a heating zone, a soaking zone, and a cooling zone in the stated order in an annealing furnace; and then applying a hot-dip galvanized coating onto the steel sheet discharged from the cooling zone. Reducing or non-oxidizing humidified gas and reducing or non-oxidizing dry gas are supplied into the soaking zone. A CO gas concentration is measured using a CO gas concentration meter provided in an exhaust portion for gas in the soaking zone. A decarburized layer thickness of the steel sheet is calculated from the measured CO gas concentration. At least one of a flow rate and a dew point of the humidified gas is controlled so that the calculated decarburized layer thickness is less than or equal to a predetermined thickness.

Abstract: Provided are a high-strength galvanized steel sheet and a method for producing the high-strength galvanized steel sheet. The high-strength galvanized steel sheet includes a base steel sheet having a specific composition and a microstructure including ferrite and carbide-free bainite, martensite and carbide-containing bainite, and retained austenite, the total area fraction of ferrite and carbide-free bainite being 0% to 65%, the total area fraction of martensite and carbide-containing bainite being 35% to 100%, and the area fraction of retained austenite being 0% to 15%, the content of diffusible hydrogen in the base steel sheet being 0.00008% by mass or less (including 0%) and a galvanizing layer disposed on the base steel sheet. The density of gaps in the galvanizing layer, that the gaps cutting across the entire thickness of the galvanizing layer, is 10 gaps/mm or more.

Abstract: Provided are a high-strength steel sheet having a yield strength of 550 MPa or more and excellent fatigue-strength of a weld and a method for manufacturing the steel sheet. A high-strength steel sheet has a specified chemical composition, a steel microstructure observed in a cross section in a thickness direction parallel to a rolling direction including 40% to 75% of a martensite phase in terms of volume fraction, in which a total volume fraction of martensite grains whose average grain diameter ratios with respect to adjacent ferrite grains are ¼ or more and 1 or less is 60% or more with respect to an entire martensite phase, and a yield strength (YP) of 550 MPa or more.

Abstract: Provided are a high-strength steel sheet having a yield strength of 550 MPa or more and excellent fatigue-strength of a weld and a method for manufacturing the steel sheet. A high-strength steel sheet has a specified chemical composition, a steel microstructure observed in a cross section in a thickness direction parallel to a rolling direction including 40% to 75% of a martensite phase in terms of volume fraction, in which a total volume fraction of martensite grains whose average grain diameter ratios with respect to adjacent ferrite grains are ¼ or more and 1 or less is 60% or more with respect to an entire martensite phase, and a yield strength (YP) of 550 MPa or more.

Abstract: Provided are a high-strength galvanized steel sheet and a method for producing the high-strength galvanized steel sheet. The high-strength galvanized steel sheet includes a base steel sheet having a specific composition and a microstructure including ferrite and carbide-free bainite, martensite and carbide-containing bainite, and retained austenite, the total area fraction of ferrite and carbide-free bainite being 0% to 65%, the total area fraction of martensite and carbide-containing bainite being 35% to 100%, and the area fraction of retained austenite being 0% to 15%, the content of diffusible hydrogen in the base steel sheet being 0.00008% by mass or less (including 0%) and a galvanizing layer disposed on the base steel sheet. The density of gaps in the galvanizing layer, that the gaps cutting across the entire thickness of the galvanizing layer, is 10 gaps/mm or more.

Abstract: A method comprises: annealing a steel sheet by conveying the steel sheet through a heating zone, a soaking zone, and a cooling zone in the stated order in an annealing furnace; and then applying a hot-dip galvanized coating onto the steel sheet discharged from the cooling zone. Reducing or non-oxidizing humidified gas and reducing or non-oxidizing dry gas are supplied into the soaking zone. A CO gas concentration is measured using a CO gas concentration meter provided in an exhaust portion for gas in the soaking zone. A decarburized layer thickness of the steel sheet is calculated from the measured CO gas concentration. At least one of a flow rate and a dew point of the humidified gas is controlled so that the calculated decarburized layer thickness is less than or equal to a predetermined thickness.