Formation of the {111} and {111} Recrystallization Texture in Deep Drawing Low Carbon Steel

Abstract

The formation of 111-112 and 111-110 recrystallization textures during annealing of cold rolled low carbon steels at low heating rate was investigated by electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) and X-ray diffraction techniques. The orientation characteristics during recrystallization of this steel were determined, results show that there is a strong competition between the 111-112 component and the 111-110 component along the γ-fiber. The former was developed from the deformed matrix with the same orientation by means of subgrain coalescence at early stage of recrystallization, while the latter nucleated at the grain boundary areas of deformed grains with 111-112 or 112-110 orientations by means of preferred nucleation and evolved into stable recrystallization texture at later stage of recrystallization.