Improvement in galvannealed coating of IF-HS steel strips by combined GDOES and colour-etching method

Galvannealed coating of high strength interstitial free (IF-HS) steel was characterised by Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectroscopy (GDOES) and colour-etching techniques. Overalloyed galvannealed coatings with considerably high amount of Γ and Γ1 phases were detected in the first set of experiments. Necessary process modifications in galvannealing furnace were made to maximise the ä phase in the galvannealed coating, which was confirmed through GDOES and colour-etching techniques. As a result, an improvement in galvannealed product quality with a better powdering resistance property during forming has been achieved.