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.     

Textures of low carbon and titanium bearing extra low carbon steel sheets hot rolled below their AR3 temperatures

The textures of warm rolled low carbon and Ti-bearing extra low carbon steel sheets have been investigated using ODF's ECC-ECP (electron channeling contrast-electron channeling pattern) and selected area electron diffraction and the following results were obtained: (1) The main orientation of the low carbon steel sheet was near {113}〈110〉 while that of Ti-bearing extra low carbon steel was near 〈111〉//ND. (2) The recrystallization of the low carbon steel occurred mainly from deformed {100} grains while the main nucleation sites in the Ti-bearing extra low carbon steel were the grain boundaries of the deformed {111} grains. (3) The main orientations of grains recrystallized from deformed {100} grains are {100}〈110〉−{112}〈110〉 for both steels. (4) The orientation of the grains recrystallized from the deformed {111} grains of the Ti-bearing extra low carbon steel is mostly near 〈111〉//ND and that of the low carbon steel is mainly near {114}〈110〉. This difference is discussed in terms of the influence of carbon in solution on the crystal rotation at nucleation sites. (5) It is concluded that the different recrystallization textures formed in the two steels is explained by the difference in the preferred nucleation sites and in the local crystal rotations in the vicinity of grain boundaries.     

退火工艺对冷轧高强IF钢组织及织构的影响

为了观察高强IF钢退火处理后的显微组织和再结晶织构的变化规律,采用两种不同退火工艺对高强IF钢进行热处理。结果表明,IF钢在两种退火方式下均形成了γ-{111}纤维织构,快速升温(350℃/min)退火时,再结晶新核呈等轴状,由变形带内的亚晶合并形成,与冷轧变形基体保持相同取向。慢速升温(2℃/min)退火时,新核在晶界弓出形成,且沿轧制方向呈饼形分布,与基体没有明显取向关系。慢速升温退火样品的γ-{111}取向密度强于快速升温的。对进一步改善薄板钢深冲性能具有指导作用。     

Orientation imaging microscopy studies of recrystallization in interstitial-free steel

The origin of the γ fiber recrystallization texture in interstitial-free (IF) steel developed during continuous annealing has been investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and orientation imaging microscopy (OIM). Nucleation of {111∼<uvw> oriented crystals occurs in deformation banded γ grains and therefore a comprehensive study of microstructure of cold-rolled IF steel in the sections perpendicular to the rolling and transverse directions (TDs) and the rolling plane (RP) has been carried out to understand the formation, geometry, and microstructural features of recrystallization. The RP section gave abundant evidence of orientation gradients formed in γ oriented grains that had been subject to orientation splitting to give deformation bands. These orientation gradients across a single grain are around 5 to 30 deg and this orientation difference is sufficient to form nuclei with mobile interfaces during annealing and hence to create chains of γ oriented new grains in the original hot band γ grain envelopes. A grain impingement model requiring orientation pinning is then proposed to explain how these grains, contained in deformed γ grain envelopes, grow out into their neighbors to dominate the final recrystallization texture of IF steel. The α deformed grains contain only small lattice curvatures, and therefore in-grain nucleation is rare. These grains are mostly consumed by invading γ grains toward the end of the recrystallization process.     

IF钢罩式退火过程中再结晶组织与织构的演变

研究了IF钢(/%:0.005C、0.02Si、0.16Mn、0.011P、0.004S、0.042Als、0.061Ti、0.003 1 N)0.8 mm冷轧板在500～800℃退火时的再结晶组织及织构,采用X射线衍射技术结合微观组织观察分析了IF钢罩式退火过程中{111}再结晶织构形成机制和显微组织演变规律。结果表明,随退火温度的升高,再结晶数量逐渐增多,640℃为实验钢实际再结晶温度,同时{111}再结晶织构强度亦逐渐增大,{111}取向的晶粒主要在再结晶过程中形成,并在{111}取向晶粒长大过程中,γ纤维织构之间也发生相互转化,主要由{111}〈112〉织构转变为{111}〈110〉织构。     

Orientation imaging microscopy studies of recrystallization in interstitial-free steel

The origin of the γ fiber recrystallization texture in interstitial-free (IF) steel developed during continuous annealing has been investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and orientation imaging microscopy (OIM). Nucleation of {111∼<uvw> oriented crystals occurs in deformation banded γ grains and therefore a comprehensive study of microstructure of cold-rolled IF steel in the sections perpendicular to the rolling and transverse directions (TDs) and the rolling plane (RP) has been carried out to understand the formation, geometry, and microstructural features of recrystallization. The RP section gave abundant evidence of orientation gradients formed in γ oriented grains that had been subject to orientation splitting to give deformation bands. These orientation gradients across a single grain are around 5 to 30 deg and this orientation difference is sufficient to form nuclei with mobile interfaces during annealing and hence to create chains of γ oriented new grains in the original hot band γ grain envelopes. A grain impingement model requiring orientation pinning is then proposed to explain how these grains, contained in deformed γ grain envelopes, grow out into their neighbors to dominate the final recrystallization texture of IF steel. The α deformed grains contain only small lattice curvatures, and therefore in-grain nucleation is rare. These grains are mostly consumed by invading γ grains toward the end of the recrystallization process.     

Fe-6.5%Si合金温轧后退火过程中再结晶行为

用电子背散射技术观察了700℃温轧板在退火过程中的组织及织构演变以了解其再结晶行为.结果表明,温轧织构由强的（111）〈112〉、较弱的〈110〉∥RD及Goss组成,再结晶织构与之相似.〈110〉∥RD及（111）〈112〉新晶粒首先形成于与之构成小角度晶界的形变晶粒的晶界附近,而在角隅及组织不均匀区等位置孕育出与周围晶粒构成大角度晶界的晶核,择优取向不明显.退火过程中（111）〈112〉在形变组织中累积,最终转化为（111）〈112〉再结晶晶粒.分析认为,温轧后退火是不均匀组织在低储存能驱动下的再结晶过程.（112）〈110〉及（111）〈112〉形变拉长晶粒多发生连续再结晶从而退火织构与形变态相似.在角隅区形成核心进而发生不连续再结晶,核心取向的统计性及不连续晶核的长大弱化再结晶织构,其中Goss晶粒多以此方式形成于（111）〈112〉晶粒内部.      

Texture Evolution of Columnar Grains in Electrical Steel During Hot Rolling

Columnar grains in cast slabs of electrical steel show strong anisotropy in grain orientation and morphology and thus influence the subsequent microstructure and texture after hot rolling significantly. The texture evolution of hot rolled sheets containing initial columnar grains with their <100> directions approximately parallel to the rolling direction (RD), transverse direction (TD) and normal direction (ND) of the hot rolled sheets was investigated by using EBSD technique. The results indicated that, whatever the initial texture of the columnar grains was, typical Goss, brass-type and copper-type shear texture component could develop in shear-deformed surface region. The copper-type texture formed under the maximum shearing force with the fine, sheared or dynamically recrystallized grains, and Goss grains were mainly elongated and deformed grains, while brass grains behaved between them. Additionally, the rotating relationship of the three types of shear textures was different due to the restriction of grain boundaries. In homogenously deformed center region, the RD sample contained more {112} <110> grains, and TD sample was covered by {100} textures such as {100}<011> and {100}<021> with coarse grains, while the ND sample developed many {100}<011> grains which were attributed to more {100} grains in the initial sample. Remarkable texture transition occurred on both sides of grain boundaries when {110} grains were adjacent to α-fiber texture grains. It was found that significant texture gradient and preferred distribution of rotating axis existed in the soft orientation grains on the α-fiber when the grains neighbored hard grains on γ-fiber.     

Orientation imaging microscopy studies of recrystallization in interstitial-free steel

The origin of the γ fiber recrystallization texture in interstitial-free (IF) steel developed during continuous annealing has been investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and orientation imaging microscopy (OIM). Nucleation of {111} «uvw» oriented crystals occurs in deformation banded γ grains and therefore a comprehensive study of microstructure of cold-rolled IF steel in the sections perpendicular to the rolling and transverse directions (TDs) and the rolling plane (RP) has been carried out to understand the formation, geometry, and microstructural features of recrystallization. The RP section gave abundant evidence of orientation gradients formed in γ oriented grains that had been subject to orientation splitting to give deformation bands. These orientation gradients across a single grain are around 5 to 30 deg and this orientation difference is sufficient to form nuclei with mobile interfaces during annealing and hence to create chains of γ oriented new grains in the original hot band γ grain envelopes. A grain impingement model requiring orientation pinning is then proposed to explain how these grains, contained in deformed γ grain envelopes, grow out into their neighbors to dominate the final recrystallization texture of IF steel. The α deformed grains contain only small lattice curvatures, and therefore in-grain nucleation is rare. These grains are mostly consumed by invading γ grains toward the end of the recrystallization process.     

B对含P高强度无间隙原子钢{111}面织构的影响

借助光学显微镜(OM)、X射线衍射(XRD)技术及电子背散射衍射(EBSD)技术,分析了2种含P高强度无间隙原子(IF)钢的热轧组织和热轧、冷轧及退火织构,结果表明:不含B与含B的高强IF钢热轧后,均得到多边形铁素体,但不含B热轧板晶粒尺寸较大。2种钢热轧板织构均比较散漫,γ纤维织构强度较弱,而不含B的IF钢经过80%大变形量冷轧以后,获得强的γ纤维织构,{111}面织构的体积分数达到41.41%,而含B的IF钢冷轧后{111}面织构的体积分数为33.83%。含B的IF钢冷轧后{112}110织构组分的体积分数比不含B的IF钢要高。2种实验钢在810℃退火60~180s以后,{111}面织构强度进一步增强,不含B的IF钢退火120s后{111}面织构的体积分数最大达到72.8%,而含B的IF钢退火120s后{111}面织构的体积分数最大达到66.6%。     

Investigation of the orientation dependence of recovery in low-carbon steel by use of single orientation determination

Iron poly- and oligocrystals with a carbon mass content of 0.02 % were cold rolled to a technical strain () of 90 % and annealed at 1000 K in a salt bath furnace for 1 to 300 s. The polycrystals had an initial grain size of about 20 μm. The oligocrystals consisted of 20–40 grains with a longitudinal extension of 10–20 mm and a transverse extension of 2–6 mm. The microstructure of both types of specimens was investigated by use of optical and scanning electron microscopy. The crystallographic texture was examined by use of X-ray and electron back scattering diffraction. It is shown that both primary recrystallization and recovery considerably depend on the crystal orientation. In the 90 % cold rolled oligocrystals {111} uvw and {112}<110> oriented grains recrystallized during annealing. In crystals with {001 }<110> orientation, however, primary recrystallization was suppressed. In the polycrystals the latter phenomenon was less pronounced. In these samples it was observed that {001 }<110> oriented grains are consumed by growing nuclei stemming from neighbouring crystals.     

430不锈钢冷轧板高温退火过程中再结晶织构的定量分析

在750、800、825和850℃温度下,利用Gleeble1500热模拟试验机对430不锈钢冷轧薄板的等温退火过程进行了详细的实验研究,分析了退火过程中再结晶织构和组织的变化规律,并对关键织构体积分数的演变进行了定量分析.结果发现:随着退火过程的进行,α取向线上的织构强度逐渐减弱,而γ取向线上的织构强度则略有加强,并保持在较高的值;再结晶过程中,{111}和{112}<110>织构的体积分数逐渐降低,而{100}和随机取向晶粒的体积分数逐渐增加.定量分析表明,退火温度越低,完全再结晶后材料内部关键织构的体积分数越偏离冷轧态.最后,针对{111}、{112}<110>、{100}和随机取向织构的体积分数在再结晶过程中的演变规律,建立了JMAK型再结晶织构演变动力学模型.      

Microstructure and texture evolution during recrystallization of low-carbon steel sheets

Aluminum killed low-carbon steel sheets were cold rolled at different reduction ratios and annealed using different temperatures and holding time.The Vickers hardness was examined.The results show that when cold rolling reduction ratios increase from 40% to 81%,recrystallization temperatures decrease from 602°C to 572°C during 4hisochronal annealing,as well recrystallization holding time decreases from 117 min to 5min during isothermal annealing at 610°C.All recrystallization temperatures and holding time can be calculated using the annealing experiment results.Microstructure was examined through electron backscattered diffraction(EBSD).The results show that as rolling direction preferentially grows,equiaxed grains grow into cake-type during recrystallization.Cake-type grains are more beneficial to obtaining ideal111//ND(normal direcrtion)orientation texture.{111}orientation grains nucleate and grow up preferentially.Deformation grains of{111}110orientations grow into new recrystallization grains of{111}123and{111}112during recrystallization.Texture formation can be explained by directional nucleation.     

Modeling texture change during the static recrystallization of interstitial free steels

A recrystallization model was developed based on the principal features of oriented nucleation and selective growth. The nucleation mechanism that is adopted assumes that nucleation takes place in deformed grains with relatively high Taylor factors. The selective growth law is based on the assumed high mobility of {110} plane matching (PM) boundaries and also includes a variant selection rule. The two submodels enable the full recrystallization process to be simulated. The theory is applied to the annealing of a Ti-Nb alloyed interstitial free (IF) steel. It is demonstrated that the nucleation and growth algorithms can successfully account for the annealing textures observed, including the presence of a strong {111}<211> component. An important feature of the model is that it permits the role of variant selection to be assessed; it also shows the effect on the texture of the low mobility of low-angle grain boundaries (LAGBs).     

Influence of initial ingot breakdown on the microstructural and textural development of high-purity tantalum

The influence of initial ingot breakdown on the rolling and recrystallization textures of high-purity tantalum plate was investigated using optical microscopy and X-ray diffraction. The four ingot breakdown processes investigated include two commercial processes and two processes new to tantalum. Correlations among the four ingot breakdown processes, the recrystallized grain size, and the final texture were established. Of the four breakdown processes investigated, the plate from the completely upset-forged ingot had the strongest {111}<110> and {111}<112> texture components, while the plate from the side-forged ingot recrystallized with a mixed texture. Increased upset forging along the ingot centerline strenghened the {111}<uvw> orientations and weakened the {100}<uvw> orientations in the annealed plates. Recrystallization studies were conducted on the rolled plates to develop an optimum texture with both {111}<110> and {111}<112> texture components in the final recrystallized plate.     

Crystallite orientation distribution analysis of the cold rolled and recrystallization textures in low-carbon steels

The development of the cold rolled and recrystallization textures in low-carbon rimmed and killed steels was investigated using the crystallite orientation distribution analyses. With increasing cold reduction low-carbon steels exhibit the simultaneous development of a partial <110> fiber axis parallel to the rolling direction and a <111> fiber axis parallel to the normal direction. The strongest individual texture component rotates from a {111} <110> at 60 pct cold reduction towards a {112} <110> at 80 pct. During the early stages of recrystallization the (110) and <111> fiber textures decrease in both the rimmed and killed steels. However, the decrease in the <111> fiber texture is greater in the rimmed than in the killed steel. With further recrystallization and grain growth this <111> fiber texture increases in both steels but to a greater extent in the killed steel. The strongest individual texture component after complete recrystallization is the {111} <110>, being ∼5.5 and ∼3.0 times random in the killed and rimmed steel, respectively.     

Aspects of orientation-dependent grain growth in extra-low carbon and interstitial-free steels during continuous annealing

The present work concentrates on the application of orientation imaging microscopy (OIM) based on the electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD) technique to the investigation of the microstructural evolution of an extra-low carbon (ELC) steel and a Ti-Nb-bearing interstitial-free (IF) steel, during continuous annealing. Aspects like the nucleation, the evolution of the recrystallized volume fraction and grain size of grains with different orientations, the interface area limiting recrystallized {111} regions, and the apparent growth rates have been considered. Different criteria have been applied in order to identify crystallites produced during annealing. During the first stages of annealing, a network of grain boundaries with misorientations higher than 10 deg is produced, mainly inside the deformed γ-fiber grains. The crystallites formed within this network, free from cells or subgrains at their interiors, can be considered as potential nuclei. However, among all, only some of them become effective due to an important selection. The {111} recrystallized grains have a significant size and number advantage as compared with other texture components, and a hard impingement between clusters of {111} grains is produced during grain growth. The effect of grain growth behind the recrystallization front seems to be negligible as compared with the grain coarsening produced by the migration of this front, driven by the cold-work stored energy.     

Aspects of Orientation-Dependent grain growth in extra-low carbon and interstitial-free steels during continuous annealing

The present work concentrates on the application of orientation imaging microscopy (OIM) based on the electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD) technique to the investigation of the microstructural evolution of an extra-low carbon (ELC) steel and a Ti-Nb-bearing interstitial-free (IF) steel, during continuous annealing. Aspects like the nucleation, the evolution of the recrystallized volume fraction and grain size of grains with different orientations, the interface area limiting recrystallized {111} regions, and the apparent growth rates have been considered. Different criteria have been applied in order to identify crystallites produced during annealing. During the first stages of annealing, a network of grain boundaries with misorientations higher than 10 deg is produced, mainly inside the deformed γ-fiber grains. The crystallites formed within this network, free from cells or subgrains at their interiors, can be considered as potential nuclei. However, among all, only some of them become effective due to an improtant selection. The {111} recrystallized grains have a significant size and number advantage as compared with other texture components, and a hard impingement between clusters of {111} grians is produced during grain growth. The effect of grain growth behind the recrystallization front seems to be negligible as compared with the grain coarsening produced by the migration of this front, driven by the cold-work stored energy. J.L. Bocos, formerly Researcher with CEIT     

Observation of cold-rolling texture and partially recrystallized texture in polycrystalline 3 pct Si-Fe by high-resolution electron backscattered diffraction

Cold-rolling texture and partially recrystallized texture of polycrystalline 3 pct Si-Fe were investigated using high-resolution electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD) method. From the measurement on a deformed grain with {211}〈011〉∼{111}〈011〉 orientations, deformation bands with {12 4 1}〈014〉 orientation were found. It turned out that the orientation rotation relationship between deformation bands and surrounding deformed grain can be explained by the activation of the slip system, which has a common slip plane with an adjacent grain. Oriented nucleation of recrystallized grains with {12 4 1}〈014〉 orientation was observed in a deformed grain with {211}〈011〉∼{111}〈011〉 orientation. Exactly the same orientation relationship that was observed between deformed grain and the deformation bands was also observed between the deformed grain and the recrystallized grain. A hypothesis that recrystallization nuclei are generated directly from the deformation bands formed by an activation of the slip system that has a common slip plane of neighboring deformed grains was proposed from the present experimental results.     

In-Situ Annealing Study of Transformation of α and γ Texture of Interstitial-Free Steel Sheet by High-Energy X-Ray Diffraction

 High-energy synchrotron diffraction offers great potential for experimental study of recrystallization kinetics. An experimental design to study the recrystallization mechanism of interstitial-free (IF) steel was implemented. The whole annealing process of cold-rolled IF steel with 80% reduction was observed in situ using high-energy X-ray diffraction (HEXRD). The results show how the main texture component of IF steel change, i. e. the α ［<110>∥rolling direction (RD)］ fiber texture decreases and the γ ［<111>∥normal direction (ND)］ fiber texture increases. The important part of the α fiber texture is that both the {100}<011> and {112}<011> texture decrease at the beginning of recrystallization. The γ fiber texture increases at the early stage of recrystallization which stems from the increase of {111}<112>. Nevertheless, the {111}<110> does not change after recrystallization. The dynamic evolution of the main texture components {100}<011>, {112}<011>, {111}<112> and {111}<110> is given by in-situ HEXRD.