Evaluation of low carbon Al-killed/Cr-stabilized steel to be used in the automobile industry

An Al-killed/Cr-stabilized low carbon steel was produced in the steel industry using electric arc furnace, vacuum degassing, ladle treatment and continuous casting route. The resulting slabs were then hot rolled at 1100 °C, coiled at 600 °C, cold rolled and annealed at 700 °C. After evaluation of the microstructure, texture and mechanical properties, the fully recrystallized coils fulfilled the target properties established by the automobile industry.