X-ray diffraction study of the structural evolution in a grade 1469 (Al-Cu-Li) alloy during the production of hot-rolled sheets

X-ray diffraction is used to study the structural changes in a grade 1469 (Al-Cu-Li) alloy with a high lithium content that occur during the production of hot-rolled sheets according to the ingot → pressed strip → hot-rolled sheet schedule. In the pressed strip, a multicomponent Bs {110}〈112〉, Cu {211}〈111〉, and S {123}〈111〉 texture forms, which is typical of articles pressed from such alloys, and an unusual intense single-component texture of the Ex₁ {011}〈111〉 type forms in the hot-rolled sheets. Its formation is stimulated by cross rolling of the sheets. The low strength characteristics of the hot-rolled sheets after heat treatment are related to an elevated heating temperature used for quenching and to the oriented precipitation of the lamellar particles of the hardening T ₁ phase.     

薄板坯连铸连轧流程Fe-3%Si钢热轧板和常化板织构

在实验室按照薄板坯连铸连轧工艺流程试制了Fe-3%Si硅钢热轧板,采用EBSD和X射线衍射方法观察了A钢和B钢热轧板和常化板的织构组织,分析了α、ε和γ取向线上织构取向密度变化规律。A和B钢热轧板具有相似的{110}〈112〉和、{001}〈110〉和{001}〈010〉和高斯织构组织,A试样表层的晶粒均匀性较差,B试样具有较强的γ织构取向。采用EBSD观察比较了A钢和B钢热轧板和常化板的垂直TD面的EBSD微观织构组织,A钢和B钢常化退火后基本保留了热轧时形成的中心部位的组织,而次表层和表层晶粒发生了再结晶长大,晶粒组织和织构梯度减小,织构主要集中在{001}〈^-1^-10〉和{001}〈0^10〉和之间以及高斯织构上。常化后织构的总体强度下降,高斯强度减弱。试验研究结果为开发薄板坯连铸连轧短流程生产电工钢技术提供理论依据和参考数据。     

低温加热取向硅钢组织与织构演变研究

采用OM、EBSD、XRD分析研究了含Cu低温加热取向硅钢组织、织构的演变特征,研究结果表明：热轧板中存在铁素体层和珠光体层彼此交替的带状组织,且显微组织在厚度方向上分布不均匀,热轧板中{001}〈110〉、{112}〈110〉织构以及{110}〈001〉织构在板厚方向上分布不均匀;经过冷轧后,铁素体晶粒被严重拉长,形成了沿轧向伸长的纤维状组织,冷轧板织构类型主要是α织构和γ织构;脱碳时基体发生回复再结晶,显微组织为单一的铁素体等轴晶粒,织构主要为γ织构;二次冷轧板经渗氮后织构仅从强度上有所降低,其织构类型变化不明显。成品二次再结晶组织发展比较完善,晶粒尺寸约为10~20 mm。织构类型为锋锐的Goss织构。成品磁感B800达到了1.926 T,铁损P1.7/50为1.047 W/kg。     

Texture Development in the Ni47Ti44Nb9 Shape Memory Alloy During Successive Thermomechanical Processing and Its Effect on Shape Memory and Mechanical Properties

For improving the shape memory performance and mechanical properties of shape memory alloys (SMAs), crystallographic texture and second phase are generally induced in SMAs by suitable thermomechanical processing. For this purpose, the development of texture in the Ni₄₇Ti₄₄Nb₉ SMA during successive processing (e.g., hot forging, hot rolling, cold rolling, and heat treatment) and the effects of texture, grain size, and β-Nb particle precipitation on recoverable strains and tensile properties were studied. In the hot-forged and hot-rolled Ni₄₇Ti₄₄Nb₉ alloy rods, intense 〈111〉 fibers are formed, and water quenching from 873 K and 1123 K (600 °C and 850 °C) leads to the decrease in intensity of 〈111〉 fiber in the hot-rolled rod. When the hot-forged rod is hot-rolled into sheet, intense {001} and weak {123} fibers appear, but grain growth leads to the disappearance of {001} fiber and {110}〈001〉 becomes the strongest component. Cold-rolling deformation of the hot-rolled sheet promotes the development of γ-fiber and the convergence of {332} and {123} fibers to {233}〈110〉 and {123}〈121〉 components, respectively, and the intense component is turned into {111}〈110〉; in this case, the recoverable strain (ε _SRS) and tensile yield strength (σ _YS ) exhibit an anisotropy. When the quenching temperature is 1123 K (850 °C), some weaker components appear, the anisotropy of ε _SRS disappears, and the difference level in σ _YS along the rolling direction (RD) and transverse direction (TD) becomes smaller. Therefore, an appropriate heat-treatment temperature should be selected to maintain the deformation texture and also to obtain fine grains for different thermomechanical processing.     

Simulation de la texture de deformation en traction uniaxiale et calcul du coefficient de lankford R(α) de toles d'aciers extra doux—application au cas non orthotrope

Two calculations to simulate the plastic behaviour of b.c.c. materials are presented. The first one allows to calculate the plastic deformation textures and so the O.D.F. F(g) in Euler space G (gϵG). The second one allows to calculate the Lankford factor R(α) of a polycrystalline sheet in all cases of symmetry of the texture. Previous works were principally devoted to orthotropic symmetry. Both calculations use the two slip systems {110}〈111〉 and {112}〈111〉 in the Taylor approximation with variable ration of critical resolved shear stresses for the two slip planes {110} and {112}.     

TSCR试制低碳低硅无取向电工钢织构的演变

 研究了模拟TSCR流程生产的低碳低硅无取向电工钢在热轧-冷轧-退火过程中织构的演变。对热轧板采用EBSD技术进行织构的测定,而对冷轧板和退火板采用X射线衍射技术进行了织构的测定。结果表明：热轧板沿板厚方向织构变化比较明显,在1/10处主要织构为α纤维织构和γ纤维织构;在1/4厚度处出现了较强的γ纤维织构;在1/2厚度处主要为较强的{001}〈110〉织构,其他织构分布漫散。冷轧板表面和中心处主要织构均为α纤维织构和γ纤维织构,但是在中心处两织构强度都显著减弱。退火板表面和中心处α纤维织构基本消失,γ纤维织构织构进一步加强,出现了{110}〈001〉高斯织构和{001}〈010〉立方织构。     

Texture Evolution During Cross Rolling and Annealing of High-Purity Nickel

Evolution of texture during cross rolling and subsequent annealing was studied in high-purity nickel. For this purpose nickel samples were subjected to multipass cross rolling up to 90 pct reduction in thickness followed by annealing at different temperatures ranging between 673 K and 1073 K (400 °C and 800 °C). Cross rolling was carried out by rotating the samples about the normal direction (ND) by 90 deg interchanging the rolling direction and transverse direction (TD) between each consecutive pass. The development of microstructure and texture was characterized using X-ray and electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD) techniques. The deformation texture was characterized by the presence of strong brass ({110}〈112〉) and ND-rotated brass ({011}〈21 $ \overline{13} $ 13〉)) orientations. Upon annealing at 673 K (400 °C), ND||[111] fiber could be observed in the microtexture which originated from the twin formation of the recrystallized TD-rotated cube ({027}〈0 $ \overline{7} $ 2〉) grains. The fiber was weakened after annealing at 1073 K (800 °C) because of the decreased propensity for twin formation, and the microtexture was found to be weak and diffused. EBSD studies on early recrystallization stages indicated the absence of preferential nucleation of cube grains being in agreement with a weak cube texture formation in annealed cross-rolled high-purity nickel.     

JSP-双机可逆冷轧条件下IF钢织构研究

针对济钢现场工艺条件下生产的Ti-IF钢,利用X’Pert ProxX射线衍射宏观织构分析方法,研究了中薄板坯热连轧轧制及随后的冷轧、退火工艺过程中织构的变化规律。IF钢冷硬板主要织构类型为{111}〈110〉、{111}〈112〉和{001}〈110〉,其中{111}〈110〉织构强度达到12;再结晶退火后的IF钢退火板,主要织构类型为{111}〈110〉和{111}〈112〉,{111}〈110〉织构强度提高到15.37。济钢生产的Ti-IF钢获得了对板材成形最有利的{111}//ND织构。     

Crystallographic Reconstruction Study of the Effects of Finish Rolling Temperature on the Variant Selection During Bainite Transformation in C-Mn High-Strength Steels

The effect of finish rolling temperature on the austenite-(γ) to-bainite (α) phase transformation is quantitatively investigated in high-strength C-Mn steels using an alternative crystallographic γ reconstruction procedure, which can be directly applied to experimental electron backscatter diffraction mappings. In particular, the current study aims to clarify the respective contributions of the γ conditioning during the hot rolling and the variant selection during the phase transformation to the inherited texture. The results confirm that the sample finish rolled at the lowest temperature [1102 K (829 °C)] exhibits the sharpest transformation texture. It is shown that this sharp texture is exclusively due to a strong variant selection from parent brass {110} \( \left\langle {1\bar{1}2} \right\rangle \) , S {213} \( \left\langle {\bar{3}\bar{6}4} \right\rangle \) and Goss {110}〈001〉 grains, whereas the variant selection from the copper {112} \( \left\langle {\bar{1}\bar{1}1} \right\rangle \) grains is insensitive to the finish rolling temperature. In addition, a statistical variant selection analysis proves that the habit planes of the selected variants do not systematically correspond to the predicted active γ slip planes using the Taylor model. In contrast, a correlation between the Bain group to which the selected variants belong and the finish rolling temperature is clearly revealed, regardless of the parent orientation. These results are discussed in terms of polygranular accommodation mechanisms, especially in view of the observed development in the hot-rolled samples of high-angle grain boundaries with misorientation axes between 〈111〉γ and 〈110〉γ.     

Evolution of Texture from a Single Crystal Ti-6Al-4V Substrate During Electron Beam Directed Energy Deposition

Additive manufacturing of Ti-6Al-4V commonly produces 〈001〉 _β -fiber textures aligned with the build direction. We have performed wire-feed electron beam directed energy deposition on the {112} _β plane of a single prior β-grain. The build initially grew epitaxially from the substrate with the preferred 〈001〉 growth direction significantly angled away from the build direction. However, continued layer deposition drove the formation of a 〈001〉 _β -fiber texture aligned with the build direction and the direction of the strongest thermal gradient.     

Formation of crystallographic texture in titanium nickelide single crystals during rolling

The texture formation in the single crystals of the Ti-48 at % Ni-2 at % Fe alloy rolled at a temperature of 350°C up to a strain of 80% in eleven different initial orientations is examined. There are three stable initial orientations that remain unchanged in rolling: {011}〈011〉, {111}〈011〉, and {111}〈112〉. The TiNi single crystals are shown to be deformed by means of a combined action of slip in systems {011}〈001〉 and twinning in systems {114}〈221〉 and {118}〈441〉. The types of formed rolling texture in the single crystals depend on their initial orientation and strain.     

薄带连铸取向Fe-6.5％Si钢形变热处理过程组织演化

设计并利用双辊薄带连铸工艺制备出取向Fe- 6. 5%Si钢铸带,研究了热处理工艺对铸态、形变和初次再结晶组织、织构及析出物的影响规律。结果表明,铸带退火可以促进铸态组织中的柱状晶长大,同时增加200nm以下MnS- AlN或MnS- NbN复合析出物的面密度。随着铸带退火温度升高,冷轧组织中变形带宽度以及带内剪切带长度增加,初次再结晶织构中{111}〈112〉组分增强,{110}〈001〉晶粒所占比例增大。铸带退火有助于改善冷轧板高温退火过程中的二次再结晶行为,提升产品磁性能。     

Crystallographic preferred orientation induced by cyclic rolling contact loading

Fine focus X-ray diffraction methods have been applied to analyze the texture development of the ferrite phase during rolling contact fatigue of 6309 type deep groove ball bearing inner rings prepared from hardened and tempered SAE 52100 steel. Textures of the ferrite matrix as {100}〈110〉 and {111}〈211〉 (where {hkl} denotes the crystallographic plane that is preferably parallel with the contact surface and 〈uvw〉 denotes the crystallographic direction that is preferably parallel with and in the direction of over-rolling) have been identified in a small region below the rolling contact surface. These textures develop gradually with an increasing number of stress cycles and become noticeable in conjunction with changes in residual stress, microstrain, and volume fraction of retained austenite in the same region. Upon rolling contact loading, both textures can become very pronounced, while the shape of the subsurface volume, where plastic deformation takes place in particular, remains unchanged: material displacement in the subsurface volume is less than 5 μm in the three principal directions. Crack propagation in association with spalling fatigue failure has been shown to be related to the type of texture developed.     

二次冷轧压下率对镀锡板组织和性能的影响

 为了开发二次冷轧镀锡板,采用硬度计、拉伸试验机、光学显微镜、透射电镜和X射线衍射仪研究了二次冷轧压下率对镀锡板组织和性能的影响规律。结果表明,随着二次冷轧压下率提高,试验钢的硬度和强度提高,各向异性增加,伸长率降低,当二次冷轧压下率为20%时可获得较高的硬度和伸长率的匹配。同时二次冷轧压下率对织构影响明显,当压下率为20%～40%时,α取向线中最高取向密度出现在{223}〈110〉～{445}〈110〉之间,可达到6.2,并且随变形量增加,γ取向线中{111}〈110〉取向密度逐渐从3.1降低到2.7,{111}〈112〉取向密度逐渐从4.9提高到5.3。     

The Formation of the {112}<111> Shear Texture in Hot-Rolled Sheets of Electrical Steels

Due to the friction between rolls and sheet surface, shear texture inevitably occurs in the surface layer of the hot-rolled sheets in electrical steel. The shear texture contains Goss texture {110}<001>, brass texture {110}<112>, and copper texture {112}<111>. The existence of shear texture and its corresponding microstructure affect the texture distribution in the subsequent normalized sheets, cold-rolled sheets, and final sheets. Electron backscattered diffraction and reaction stress model are used herein to study the formation conditions of {112}<111> orientation in the hot-rolled sheets. The results show that initial rotated cube orientation tends to rotate around transverse direction to the copper orientation during hot rolling due to the shear action. Different shear orientations can be formed in different regions of an initial coarse columnar grain during hot rolling, because of the change in surrounding environment reaction and the difference of the shear strain at different thickness positions. The thinner the hot-rolled sheet is, the smaller the dynamic recrystallization region with shear orientation, and there is almost no copper texture in the thinnest hot-rolled sheet. The simulation results show that the copper texture is easy to form under the action of σ₂₃ and σ₂₂ reaction stresses.     

Stress-Induced Twinning and Phase Transformations during the Compression of a Ti-10V-3Fe-3Al Alloy

A metastable β Ti-10V-3Al-3Fe (wt pct) alloy containing different α phase fractions after thermo-mechanical processing was compressed to 0.4 strain. Detailed microstructure evaluation was carried out using high-resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy and electron back-scattering diffraction. Stress-induced β → α′′ and β → ω transformation products together with {332}〈113〉β and {112}〈111〉β twinning systems were simultaneously detected. The effects of β phase stability and strain rate on the preferential activation of these reactions were analyzed. With an increase in β phase stability, stress-induced phase transformations were restricted and {112}〈111〉β twinning was dominant. Alternatively, less stable β conditions or higher strain rates resulted in the dominance of the {332}〈113〉β twinning system and formation of secondary α′′ martensite.     

CSP流程DC04汽车板研制

 酒钢利用CSP流程与冷轧生产线匹配进行汽车板DC04的研制,采用提高钢质纯净度和优化热轧工艺及控制冷轧压下量等措施,研制的DC04汽车板碳含量可控制在50×10-6以下,罩式退火后为等轴铁素体组织,成品板晶粒度在ASTM7.5~8,获得了较强的{111}〈110〉{111}〈112〉织构,力学性能均达到IF钢标准。     

Convergent-beam electron diffraction analysis of the Ω phase in an Al-4.0 Cu-0.5 Mg-0.5 Ag alloy

Convergent-beam electron diffraction (CBED) was employed to determine the point group of the Ω phase in an Al-4.0 Cu-0.5 Mg-0.5 Ag (wt%) alloy. The [100]_Ω|〈112〉_α CBED pattern had 4 mm symmetry and not 2 mm as expected for the orthorhombic Ω structure. The CBED symmetries along the [010]_Ω|〈110〉_α and [001]_Ω|〈111〉_α zone axes were 2 mm and the only point group consistent with these symmetries is 4/mmm. Thus, the crystal structure of the Ω phase is not hexagonal, monoclinic, or orthorhombic as proposed by others, but tetragonal. Electron diffraction patterns of the Ω phase can be indexed on the basis of a tetragonal unit-cell with parameters a = b = 0.6066 nm, c = 0.496 nm. In comparison, the equilibrium θ (Al₂Cu) phase in AlCu alloys has a tetragonal structure with unit-cell parameters a = b = 0.6066 nm, c = 0.4874 nm. The 1.76% increase in the c-parameter is sufficient for the tetragonal phase (designated θ_M) to attain nearly perfect atomic matching on the {111}_α planes and still maintain 4-fold symmetry along the [001]_θM|〈112〉_α direction. In addition, the number of variants, hexagonal morphology and preferred growth of the θ_M phase along 〈112〉_α are consistent with symmetry considerations, the proposed θ_M crystal structure and experiment TEM observations.     

冷轧厚度对3.0 %Si无取向硅钢组织及磁性能的影响

研究了冷轧厚度对3.0 %Si的无取向硅钢组织和磁性能的影响规律。结果表明：当冷轧厚度由0.35 mm减薄至0.27 mm时,平均晶粒尺寸由104 μm降低至89 μm ,P1.5/50由2.186 W/kg降低至2.139 W/kg,P1.0/400由16.978 W/kg降低至13.978 W/kg,涡流损耗占比随之降低,{112}〈110〉取向强度减弱而{111}〈110〉取向强度增加,B50由1.684 T降低至1.662 T。     

Deformation banding and copper-type rolling textures

It is shown by a crystallographic etching technique applicable to copper that deformation banding is an important deformation mode in f.c.c. metals and alloys. In a cold rolled coarse grain copper, deformation banding forms in a three dimensional manner dividing the grain on average into over 600 regions of different orientations. The influence of this important, but long ignored deformation mode, is studied by incorporating it into the Taylor model. The predicted textures from the new model are better than those from other existing models in mainly two respects. Firstly, the DB model predicts the co-existence of the three major f.c.c. rolling texture components, namely {123}〈634〉 or S component, >112>〈111〉 or C and >110>〈112〉 or {f}B{/f}. The existing models are deficient in that they predict either C and S or B, but not their co-existence. The second point is that textures predicted by the existing models are always too sharp compared to the experimental textures. The DB model predicts texture peaks with larger spread and hence more realistic texture sharpness. Another feature of the model is that only two independent slip systems, instead of five, are required to accomodate the imposed shape change, which agrees with experimental observation.