Abstract: A steel plate has a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.03% or more and 0.10% or less, Si: 0.05% or more and 0.50% or less, Mn: 1.00% or more and 2.00% or less, P: 0.015% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Mo: 0.20% or less (including 0%), Nb: 0.01% or more and 0.05% or less, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, and, if desired, containing, by mass %, one or more of Al: 0.005% or more and 0.1% or less, Cu: 1.00% or less, Ni: 1.00% or less, Cr: 0.50% or less, and V: 0.05% or less, in which Pcm* (%) (=C+Si/30+(Mn+Cu+Cr)/20+Ni/60+Mo/2+V/10) is 0.20 or less. The steel plate has a volume fraction of bainite in a base material of 50% or more, and has a volume fraction of island martensite (MA) in a coarse-grain region reheated in a dual-phase temperature range of 5.0% or less.

Abstract: A steel plate has a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.03% or more and 0.10% or less, Si: 0.05% or more and 0.50% or less, Mn: 1.00% or more and 2.00% or less, P: 0.015% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Mo: 0.20% or less (including 0%), Nb: 0.01% or more and 0.05% or less, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, and, if desired, containing, by mass %, one or more of Al: 0.005% or more and 0.1% or less, Cu: 1.00% or less, Ni: 1.00% or less, Cr: 0.50% or less, and V: 0.05% or less, in which Pcm* (%) (=C+Si/30+(Mn+Cu+Cr)/20+Ni/60+Mo/2+V/10) is 0.20 or less. The steel plate has a volume fraction of bainite in a base material of 50% or more, and has a volume fraction of island martensite (MA) in a coarse-grain region reheated in a dual-phase temperature range of 5.0% or less.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for cooling a steel plate comprising the steps of: forming a water pool with jets of cooling water being injected to impinge on one another by using one slit-nozzle and a plurality of induced laminar flow nozzles, the slit nozzle being provided in a position on an upper surface side of the steel plate, and the induced laminar flow nozzles being provided in a position on a lower surface side of the steel plate along a transfer direction and a direction perpendicular to the transfer direction; and passing the steel plate into the water pool, wherein when a top portion of the steel plate passes over the induced laminar flow nozzles located at least on the side of highest upstream, a volume of the cooling water to be injected from each of the induced laminar flow nozzles is reduced.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for cooling a steel plate comprising the steps of: forming a water pool with jets of cooling water being injected to impinge on one another by using one slit nozzle and a plurality of induced laminar flow nozzles, the slit nozzle being provided in a position on an upper surface side of the steel plate, and the induced laminar flow nozzles being provided in a position on a lower surface side of the steel plate along a transfer direction and a direction perpendicular to the transfer direction; and passing the steel plate into the water pool, wherein when a top portion of the steel plate passes over the induced laminar flow nozzles located at least on the side of highest upstream, a volume of the cooling water to be injected from each of the induced laminar flow nozzles is reduced.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an ultra-high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet having desirable delayed fracture resistance, which comprises: preparing a material consisting essentially of 0.1 to 0.25 wt. % carbon, up to 1 wt. % silicon, 1 to 2.5 wt. % manganese, up to 0.020 wt. % phosphorus, up to 0.005 wt. % sulfur, 0.01 to 0.05 wt. % soluble aluminum, 0.0010 to 0.0050 wt. % nitrogen, optionally at least one of Nb, Ti or V, optionally at least one of Cu, Ni, B, Cr or Mo, the balance being iron and incidental impurities; subjecting the material to a hot rolling, a pickling and a cold rolling to prepare a cold-rolled steel sheet; and subjecting the cold-rolled steel sheet to a continuous heat treatment which comprises: subjecting the cold-rolled steel sheet to a soaking treatment at a temperature of Ac.sub.3 to 900.degree. C. for 30 seconds to 15 minutes, quenching the cold-rolled steel sheet at a quenching rate of at least 400.degree. C./second from a temperature of at least a lower limit temperature (T.sub.

Abstract: A continuously annealed cold-rolled steel sheet excellent in balance between deep drawability and resistance to secondary-work embrittlement, which consists essentially of: under 0.0030 wt. % carbon, up to 0.05 wt. % silicon, from 0.05 to 0.20 wt. % manganese, up to 0.02 wt. % phosphorus, up to 0.15 wt. % sulfur, from 0.025 to 0.06 wt. % soluble aluminum, up to 0.0030 wt. % nitrogen, from 0.02 to 0.10 wt. % titanium, from 0.0003 to 0.0010 wt. % boron, and the balance being iron and incidental impurities, where a value of an index (X) representing a content rate of titanium to boron, as calculated by specific formulae, is of from 9.2 to 11.2. The above-mentioned continuously annealed cold-rolled steel sheet is manufactured by: carrying out a finishing-rolling in a hot-rolling of a steel slab having the above-mentioned chemical composition so that a reduction rate distribution function (Y) as expressed by another specific formula is satisfied; completing the finishing-rolling at a temperature of from 880.

Abstract: Blister-resistant steel sheet consists essentially of 0.0005 to 0.003 wt. % C, 0.10 to 2.2 wt. % Mn, 0.6 wt. % or less Si, 0.07 wt. % or less P, 0.025 wt. % or less S, 0.02 to 0.06 wt. % of sol. Al, 0.0035 wt. % or less N, 0.003 wt. % or less O, [(48/14)N+(48/32)S+4.times.(48/12)C] wt. % or less Ti and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities; and smaller one of either Ti (wt. %) or [(48/14)N+(48/32)S] (wt. %) being [0.002 t.sup.2 +0.003] or more, where t is a thickness (mm) of the steel sheet. Method for producing blister-resistant steel sheet comprises preparing a cold rolled steel sheet having the composition of described above, and continuously annealing or continuous hot dip galvanizing by heating the steel sheet from room temperature to 650.degree.-720.degree. C. at a rate of 20.degree. C. sec or more and further to the soaking temperature above recrystallization temperature at a rate of 1.degree.-5.degree. C./sec.

Abstract: A chromium heat-resistant steel excellent in toughness and having a high cracking resistance and a high creep strength when said steel is utilized to form a welded joint, said steel consisting essentially of:______________________________________ carbon: from 0.04 to 0.09 wt. %, silicon: from 0.01 to 0.50 wt. %, manganese: from 0.25 to 1.50 wt. %, chromium: from 7.0 to 9.2 wt. %, molybdenum: from 0.50 to 1.50 wt. %, soluble aluminum: from 0.005 to 0.060 wt. %, nitrogen: from 0.001 to 0.060 wt. %, ______________________________________where, the total amount of nitrogen and carbon being up to 0.13 wt. %, at least one element selected from the group consisting of: ______________________________________ vanadium: from 0.01 to 0.30 wt. %, and niobium: from 0.005 to 0.200 wt. %, ______________________________________where, the total amount of vanadium and 1.5 times niobium being up to 0.30 wt. %, and the balance being iron and incidental impurities; and the amount of ferrite as represented by the ferrite number (.

Abstract: A heat treating method for a high strength aluminum alloy comprising the steps of: solution heat treating of an aluminum alloy consisting essentially of about 3 to 9 wt. % Zn, 1 to 6 wt. % Mg, 1 to 3 wt. % Cu, at least one element selected from the group consisting of 0.1 to 0.5 wt. % Cr, 0.1 to 0.5 wt. % Zr, 0.2 to 1.0 wt. % Mn, and the balance being Al, heating of the solution heat treated alloy to a temperature of a lower temperature zone of from 100.degree. to 140.degree. C. and optionally maintaining the alloy at a temperature within the lower temperature zone for a duration of time, reheating of the alloy to a temperature of an upper temperature zone of from 160.degree. to 200.degree. C. and optionally maintaining the alloy at a temperature within the upper temperature zone for a second duration of time, cooling of the alloy to a temperature of the lower temperature zone, and repeating the steps (2), (3), and (4) at least twice.

Abstract: A heat-resistant TiAl alloy having excellent room-temperature fracture toughness, high-temperature oxidation resistance and high-temperature strength is disclosed. Said alloy consists essentially of from 29 to 35 wt. % aluminum, from 0.5 to 20 wt. % nobium, and at least one element selected from the group consisting of from 0.1 to 1.8 wt. % silicon, and from 0.3 to 5.5 wt. % zirconium, the balance being titanium and incidental impurities. Preferably impurities are limited to 0.6 wt.-% oxygen, 0.1 wt.-% nitrogen and 0.5 wt.-% hydrogen.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a high-strength clad steel plate excellent in corrosion resistance, which comprises the steps of: placing a cladding sheet comprising stainless steel onto at least one of the surfaces of a substrate sheet comprising any one of carbon steel and low-alloy steel; welding together the peripheries of the substrate sheet and the cladding sheet to prepare a slab; heating the prepared slab to a temperature of from 1,050.degree. to 1,300.degree. C.; hot-rolling the heated slab at a finishing temperature of at least 800.degree. C. to obtain a clad steel plate comprising the substrate sheet and the cladding sheet; and cooling the obtained clad steel plate at a cooling rate of from 2.degree. to 60.degree. C. per second until the temperature of the clad steel plate is less than 450.degree. C.

Abstract: A steel which is excellent in mechanical properties after a warm working process is produced by specifying a chemical composition as claimed, subjecting the steel to a controlled rolling under conditions at temperatures of not more than 900.degree. C. and accumulated reduction of more than 30%, leaving it, after the controlled rolling, as it is in the air or performing it to an accelerated cooling wherein the steel is cooled at rate between the air cooling and 100.degree. C./sec until temperatures where a transformation finishes, subsequently reheating the steel to ranges between 400.degree. C. and 750.degree. C., and carrying out the warm working thereon instantaneously or after the air cooling at the temperatures between 250.degree. C. and 750.degree. C.