Hot-dip galvanized steel sheets and galvannealed steel sheets that have good appearance and adhesion to coating and methods for producing the same (as amended)

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PATENT NO 9932659
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15021518

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A hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having a good appearance and good adhesion to a coating, the hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having a composition containing, on a mass basis: C: 0.08% or more and less than 0.20%, Si: 0.1% to 3.0%, Mn: 0.5% to 3.0%, P: 0.001% to 0.10%, Al: 0.01% to 3.00%, and S: 0.200% or less, a remainder being Fe and incidental impurities, wherein the hot-dip galvanized steel sheet includes an internal oxidation layer and a decarburized layer, the internal oxidation layer having a thickness of 5 μm or less, the decarburized layer having a thickness of 20 μm or less, and 50% or more by area of the internal oxidation layer is composed of a Si oxide containing Fe and/or Mn represented by Fe2XMn2-2XSiOY, wherein X ranges from 0 to 1, and Y is 3 or 4.

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JFE STEEL CORPORATION2-3 UCHISAIWAI-CHO 2-CHOME CHIYODA-KU 100-0011

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Nagataki, Yasunobu Tokyo, JP 59 410
Suzuki, Yoshitsugu Tokyo, JP 91 647
Tanaka, Minoru Tokyo, JP 228 3271

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