Influence of intercritical annealing on the texture formation in low-carbon steel strips

Cold rolled low carbon steels are often recrystallized in continuous annealing lines. This procedure is accompanied by partial austenitization. Up to 40 % phase transformation the {111} texture is enhanced, whereas at higher austenitization grades this texture is weakened. The underlying mechanisms of texture formation by phase transformation are investigated by means of quantitative texture analysis.