Abstract:
A chemically processed steel sheet comprises a steel base coated with an Al-Si alloy plating layer, whose Si content is preferably adjusted to 5-13 mass % as a whole and to 7-80 mass % at a surface, and a converted layer generated on the surface of the plating layer. The converted layer contains both of soluble and scarcely-soluble compounds. The soluble compound such as a manganese oxide or hydroxide or a valve metal fluoride is once dissolved to water in an atmosphere and then re-precipitated as scarcely-soluble compounds at defective parts of the converted layer. The scarcely-soluble compounds act as a barrier for corrosion-prevention of a base steel. Due to the re-precipitation, i.e. self-repairing faculty, excellent corrosion resistance of the converted layer is still maintained even after defects are introduced therein during plastic deformation of the steel sheet.