初次再结晶组织和渗氮量对低温渗氮取向硅钢二次再结晶行为的影响

通过控制初次再结晶工艺获得尺寸不同的低温渗氮取向硅钢初次再结晶组织,研究初次晶粒尺寸对二次再结晶行为和磁性能的影响,探索初次晶粒尺寸过大条件下合适的渗氮量,并分析初次再结晶组织中{411}〈148〉织构对二次再结晶行为的影响。结果表明:随着初次晶粒尺寸由10μm升高至15μm,二次再结晶温度升高,Goss织构更加锋锐,成品磁性能提高,当初次晶粒尺寸为28μm时,合适的渗氮量约为6×10-4。初次再结晶组织中{411}〈148〉取向晶粒生长能力更强,极易粗化,阻碍二次晶粒的异常长大,同时{411}〈148〉与黄铜晶粒之间为大于45°的低迁移率晶界,对黄铜晶粒异常长大的阻碍作用更为显著。     

Effects of pulsed magnetic annealing on Goss texture development in the primary recrystallization of grain-oriented electrical steel

As the condition of Goss component in primary structure of grain-oriented electrical steel plays a significant role for its abnormal growth in the subsequent secondary recrystallization, pulsed magnetic annealing was used to affect the development of Goss texture in primary recrystallized structure in this study. Specimens of one-stage cold-rolled electrical steel were annealed under pulsed magnetic field with the maximum strength 1T from three different directions—rolling direction, transverse direction, and normal direction at the temperature about 700 °C for 16 min, and then electron backscattering scanning diffraction technology was used to measure grains for texture determination. It was found that pulsed magnetic field not only decreases the average grain size of recrystallized structure but also affects the development of primary recrystallized texture varied with the change of applying direction due to that the magnetic field induces extraneous driving forces causing preferential grain growth and the preferential order can be listed from those with crystal orientation 〈100〉//H, 〈112〉//H, 〈110〉//H to 〈111〉//H. This research can be a guide to control the Goss texture development in primary recrystallization with pulsed magnetic annealing for deformed grain-oriented electrical steel.     

Texture evolution and probability distribution of Goss orientation in magnetostrictive Fe–Ga alloy sheets

Texture evolution and the distribution of Goss orientation in polycrystalline Fe–Ga alloy were investigated as a series of rolling and subsequent annealing processes were used to develop highly textured rolled sheet. A dramatic change from the random nature of the as-rolled and primary recrystallized texture is observed when careful control of atmosphere and temperature during anneal leads to development of a sharp Goss orientation over up to 98 % of the surface of a sample during secondary recrystallization. In this work, grain boundary properties in local areas surrounding Goss grains are investigated and the evolution of Goss orientation is traced through the different stages of alloy processing using electron backscatter diffraction analysis. To evaluate the evolution of grains with Goss orientation, {011} grains are selected and separated from other texture components at each processing step and statistical analysis used to correlate the structural inheritance chain of Goss-oriented grains. The four processing stages considered are the alloy after hot rolling, the as-rolled alloy (i.e., after subsequent warm and cold rolling), the alloy after an initial anneal during which primary recrystallization occurs, and the alloy after final anneals in which secondary recrystallization with abnormal grain growth occurs. Analysis of Goss grain orientation probability distribution functions after primary and secondary recrystallization convincingly demonstrates that the orientation of the abnormally grown Goss texture that develops during secondary recrystallization is determined by the orientation of Goss components that develop during the primary recrystallization stage of alloy processing.     

The Relationship Between Inhibitors and Secondary Recrystallization Characteristics of High Permeability Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel

In order to understand the secondary recrystallization characteristics of high-permeability grain-oriented electrical steel, we studied microstructure, Goss orientation, onset secondary recrystallization temperature and Σ3, Σ5 and Σ9 grain boundaries during high temperature annealing. In particular, we examined the effect of different amounts of AlN inhibitors on the secondary recrystallization behavior. First, with the increase of AlN amount, the onset secondary recrystallization temperature and magnetic properties increase. Second, when the inhibitory ability is weak, the fraction of grains that have Goss±5, Goss±10, and Goss±15 keep constant before secondary recrystallization; with the increase of AlN amount, the fraction of grains that have Goss±15 keep almost constant, but the Goss±5 and Goss±10 grains increase obviously with the increase of temperature. Third, the frequency of Σ3, Σ5, Σ9 grain boundaries around Goss grains and general grains keeps almost constant with the increase of temperature before secondary recrystallization when having enough AlN inhibitors; however, when the content of AlN is very low, the frequency of Σ3, Σ5 and Σ9 grain boundaries around Goss grains will decrease to the level of that around general grains, which eventually leads to unsuccessful secondary recrystallization.     

取向电工钢中Goss晶粒生长的取向环境

将以MnS为主要抑制剂的普通取向电工钢作为实验材料,检测并分析脱碳样品的宏观织构及脱碳和随后加热至925℃时样品的微观织构,统计分析了Goss与周围晶粒的取向差分布。根据取向差原理计算了脱碳样品主要织构组分内各取向晶粒的取向差环境。结果表明,取向电工钢脱碳退火后Goss晶粒与周围晶粒的取向差分布呈现大角度特征,主要取向差分布范围为30°-45°,而非Goss晶粒与周围晶粒的取向差分布则呈现更多小角度特征。二次再结晶后,Goss晶粒与周围晶粒的取向差分布仍然以大角度特征为主。     

Grain morphology and texture evolution of TC21 titanium alloy during annealing with different time

A homogeneous equiaxed‐structure TC21 titanium alloy is hot rolled and annealed for different time ranging from 1 h to 6 h. The grain morphology and texture evolution of α and β phases during annealing are mainly investigated using the electron back‐scattered diffraction characterization. In the early annealing stage, the α grain mainly maintains the elongated morphology generated in the rolling. With increasing annealing time, more and more elongated α grains become equiaxed due to enhanced static recrystallization and boundary splitting. Differently, the β grain exhibits a fully equiaxed morphology all the time due to the sufficient static recrystallization, and get a coarsening with increasing annealing time. The α phase exhibits a (0001) basal texture in the early annealing stage, and then forms a TD‐split texture with increasing annealing time. The β phase exhibits the {001}<110> texture at every annealing time. Based on the analysis about the texture of different grain sizes, the effects of recrystallization nucleation and oriented growth on texture evolution are discussed. It suggests that TD‐split texture in α phase is originated from both the recrystallization nucleation and oriented growth. The formation of {001}<110> texture in β phase is mainly originated from the oriented growth.     

Influence of primary annealing on Goss development in grain oriented silicon steels

Abstract

Two different primary annealing conditions (continuous heating and discontinuous heating) on conventional oriented silicon steel were employed, and the evolution of microstructure and Goss frequency, as well as orientations of Goss neighbourhood from recovery to secondary recrystallisation, was investigated by means of optical microscopy and advanced electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) technique. It could be concluded that high Goss frequency before secondary recrystallisation possibly did not contribute to sharp Goss orientation, even excellent magnetic property and that no grains with less deviation from ideal Goss first began to grow. As for coincidence site lattice (CSL) grain boundary and high energy grain boundary theories, the latter can explain the development of Goss due to its high frequency compared with CSL boundary of low frequency.     

脉冲磁场下冷轧取向硅钢的初次再结晶研究

研究了脉冲磁场对冷轧取向硅钢热处理过程中初次再结晶组织形成规律的影响。通过分析冷轧硅钢在不同热处理条件下初次再结晶晶粒长大的动力学可知,施加脉冲磁场能够抑制晶粒的再结晶及正常晶粒长大,而且沿法向施加脉冲磁场抑制晶粒长大的作用最大。脉冲磁场作用下可用异速生长幂函数建立基体晶粒的生长动力学模型。     

残余碳对取向硅钢初次和二次再结晶的影响

研究了脱碳退火样品中的残余碳对取向硅钢初次和二次再结晶的组织和磁性能的影响。结果表明：随着脱碳退火样品中残余碳含量的提高,初次再结晶的平均晶粒尺寸减小,表层和中心层的晶粒尺寸差增大;初次再结晶的强{111}<110>或{111}<112>织构向强{112}<110>织构转变,部分1/4层的Goss晶粒或{111}<112>晶粒转变为其他取向的晶粒;残余碳含量超过0.0200%后,高温退火样品二次再结晶不完善,磁性能较差。相变是导致上述现象的主要原因。     

薄规格取向硅钢二次再结晶过程中Goss织构演变的Monte Carlo模拟

通过EBSD实验获取了薄规格取向硅钢(0.18 mm厚)初次再结晶样品表面晶粒组织的取向数据,并以此构建模拟的初始组织.采用Potts模型Monte Carlo方法对薄规格取向硅钢初次再结晶样品的二次再结晶过程进行了模拟仿真,研究了表面能对Goss织构演变的影响.模拟结果表明:Goss取向晶粒与相邻晶粒的表面能差是Goss取向晶粒异常长大的重要驱动力;表面能差存在一个临界值(约12％),只有当表面能差大于此临界值时才会发生表面能驱动Goss取向晶粒的异常长大.     

退火张力对无取向硅钢再结晶织构和磁性能的影响

采用取向分布函数(ODF)分析了无取向电工钢冷轧板施加不同张力时再结晶退火后组织织构的变化.结果表明,随着退火张力的增加,再结晶晶粒尺寸逐渐增大,当退火张力为4 MPa时,晶粒平均直径达最大值75 μm,且尺寸均匀,Cross织构和立方织构组分也增强,其铁损P1.5/50降低到4.34 W· kg-1,同时磁感Bs.升至1.684 T;当张力增加到6 MPa时,晶粒直径减小至40 μm,{110}<001>和{001}<100>织构组分减弱,γ线织构组分明显增强,磁性能恶化.     

Analysis of Micro-texture during Secondary Recrystallization in a Hi-B Electrical Steel

The understanding of Goss texture in Hi-B electrical steels possesses significant industrial and academic value, thus attracts worldwide attention. The prevailing models for sharp Goss texture formation during secondary recrystallization are CSL (coincident site lattice) boundary theory and HE (high energy) boundary theory. These theories stress the key factor of preferred growth and the difference between them only lies in the specific selection manner. This work examined the texture gradient in primarily recrystallized sheet and demonstrated its possible influence on the formation of secondary grains, and then determined the micro- texture during different stages of secondary recrystallization using EBSD (electron back-scattered diffraction) technique, finally analyzed a special type of secondary grains with near Brass orientation, which were detected in the later stage of secondary recrystallization, and discussed its origin and effect in terms of surface energy effect. The results indicate that texture gradient in primarily recrystallized sheet will lead to a multi-stage formation of Goss texture, namely, early stage of secondary grains with various orientations in subsurface region, intermediate stage of preferred growth of Goss grains into center layer and re-grow back to the surface and the final stage of Goss grain growth by swallowing slowly the island grains with the help of H2 atmosphere.     

薄规格取向硅钢中晶粒取向和尺寸对Goss晶粒异常长大的影响

利用EBSD技术统计了薄规格取向硅钢片中初次再结晶和二次再结晶前期组织中{411}〈148〉、{111}〈112〉、{100}〈025〉取向晶粒尺寸分布,分析了三种不同取向的晶粒对Goss晶粒异常长大的影响。结果表明:初次再结晶组织中不同的取向晶粒对应的平均晶粒尺寸(d)存在差异,{411}〈148〉取向晶粒的平均尺寸最大,其次为{100}〈025〉取向晶粒,{111}〈112〉取向晶粒的平均尺寸最小。Goss取向晶粒异常长大的过程中优先吞噬{111}〈112〉取向晶粒,其次是{411}〈148〉取向晶粒,最后是近{100}〈025〉取向晶粒和近黄铜取向晶粒。{111}〈112〉、{411}〈148〉取向晶粒对Goss取向晶粒异常长大的影响主要体现在二次再结晶的前期。因此,可以推断取向硅钢中最终残留的"岛晶"可能来源于近黄铜取向晶粒或近{100}〈025〉取向晶粒。     

Influence of intermediate annealing on final Goss texture formation in low temperature reheated Fe-3%Si steel

The precipitation behavior of inhibitors and their influence on final Goss texture formation in grain-oriented electrical steels produced by compact strip processing technology with a reheating temperature lower than 1200 °C were investigated under two distinct intermediate annealing methods: conventional intermediate recrystallization annealing and a new intermediate decarburizing and recrystallization annealing method without final decarburizing after the second cold rolling. The initiation of secondary recrystallization, the distributions of second phase particles, the final Goss texture, and the grain structure were observed. The new technology could maintain higher inhibitor densities because the deformed matrix could provide higher site densities for inhibitor nucleation before secondary recrystallization, resulting in a relatively higher inhibition effect of the second phase particles. The new technology could also compensate for the disadvantages of fewer inhibitors induced by fewer dissolved Mn and S elements in the matrix during lower reheating temperature for hot rolling. The final sheet produced after the secondary recrystallization annealing obtained stronger Goss texture, larger grain size, and better magnetic properties.     

A study of precipitation and recrystallization behaviour of aluminium alloy AA1235

The recrystallization behaviour of 92% cold rolled commercial pure aluminium has been studied. Annealing was done at different conditions to evaluate the effect of recrystallization temperature and time on the microstructure and texture of the alloy along with a study of subsequent precipitation. Variation of orientation between grains has been studied by the orientation imaging microscopy (OIM). During precipitation, cube component {001}<100> has dropped and rolling texture component has increased comparatively. Recrystallization texture is the combination of cube, rolling and random texture. However, during grain growth strong cube grains have formed. A significant number of dislocations are present during grain growth owing to the pinning effect of Al₃Fe particles.     

Local texture of three-stage CVD SiC fibre by precession electron diffraction (PED) and XRD

Abstract

SiC fibre with the transverse isotropic properties is very important to it reinforced metal matrix composites. In this paper, local texture of the CVD SiC fibre was investigated by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD) and precession electron diffraction (PED) on transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The result from XRD is in agreement with the result obtained from PED. And the result shown that at the first stage of deposition, the preferred direction of SiC grains is almost random and the distribution of grain size is scattered. At the second and third stages of deposition, there are two kinds of texture in SiC fibre, that is, (110)<111> and (110)<115>. Furthermore, the grain size at the second and third stages is about 200 nm and it is lower at the third stage than at the second stage because of the lower temperature at the third stage. The [110] preferred direction along axial direction for SiC fibre is beneficial to the axial tensile strength.     

Metadynamic recrystallization of 300M steel after isothermal compression

Isothermal compression tests of 300M steel were performed on a Gleeble-1500 thermo-mechanical simulator at deformation temperatures ranging from 1173 to 1373 K, strain rates ranging from 0.1 to 5.0 s^?1, and a strain of 0.69. Metadynamic recrystallization and grain growth after complete metadynamic recrystallization were investigated by isothermal compression with different inter-pass times. It was found that the inter-pass time, deformation temperature and strain rate markedly affected the austenite grains size of metadynamic recrystallization. The austenite grain size model and grain growth model of metadynamic recrystallization were determined based on the results of quantitative grain size. A good agreement between the predicted and measured austenite grain size and grain growth of metadynamic recrystallization was obtained, and the present models were effective to predict the austenite grain size and grain growth of metadynamic recrystallization in the isothermal compression of 300M steel.     

Microstructure and mechanical properties of Mg-Al-Zn alloy sheet fabricated by cold extrusion

Cold extrusion of AZ31 magnesium alloy sheets was studied in this paper. Microstructure and texture distributions of the as-extruded sheet were investigated by electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD) method. The grains were significantly refined and the average grain size was 1.6 μm. Dynamic recrystallization has taken place during the extrusion process, which resulted in the high frequency of high angle grain boundaries in the sheet. After the cold extrusion, a weak double-peak type basal texture was formed. The formation of the texture was ascribed to the non-basal <c + a> slips. Tensile tests revealed that mechanical properties were enhanced due to grain size refinement, but mechanical anisotropy was obvious. It is believed that mechanical anisotropy was related to the splitting of basal texture.     

Role of pre-vertical compression in deformation behavior of Mg alloy AZ31B during super-high reduction hot rolling process

Mg alloy AZ31B plates were processed by hot rolling with different thickness reductions per pass and pre-vertical compression followed by super-high reduction hot rolling (PVCR), respectively. Microstructure evolution, rolling formability variation and mechanical responses were investigated. As reduction per pass increased, the number of shear bands deflecting toward rolling direction increased, resulting in easy crack initiation in and around the bands. With increasing reduction per pass up to 80%, twinning and twinning-induced dynamic recrystallization (DRX) dominated the deformation of the edge material at 350?°C, resulting in local recrystallization with coarse grains and further largest edge-crack degree. Pre-induced {10$\overline{1}$2} tensile twins by pre-vertical compression (PVC) increased number density of nucleation sites for dynamic recrystallization during the subsequent severe rolling, which enhanced the dominant role of continuous dynamic recrystallization. Designed PVCR-b was proved to be a relatively effective method to improve rolling formability of rolled Mg alloy AZ31B plates. With this method, mean grain size of AZ31B plate was significantly refined from ～600?mm to ～14.1?mm and more homogeneous grain size distribution along transverse direction (TD) was achieved. In addition, basal texture intensity was greatly weakened. As a result, tensile anisotropy was distinctly decreased and fracture elongation increased dramatically.     

冷轧压下率及初始高斯晶粒取向度对超薄取向硅钢织构演变与磁性能的影响

以不同高斯取向度的取向硅钢成品板为初始原料,采用一次冷轧法制备0.06~0.12mm厚的取向硅钢薄带。利用EBSD取向成像技术研究冷轧压下率以及初始高斯晶粒取向度对超薄取向硅钢织构演变与磁性能的影响。结果表明:随着冷轧压下率增大和厚度减小,退火后再结晶织构增强,当压下率为70%时,再结晶织构中RD∥〈001〉织构最锋锐,磁性能最佳;初始样品高斯取向度越高,制备的薄带样品磁性能越好;因此,生产高性能的取向硅钢薄带应选用初始高斯晶粒取向度较高的成品板。