Development of Texture in Interstitial-Free Steel Processed by Equal-Channel Angular Pressing

Non-Destructive Evaluation of Magnetic Anisotropy Associated with Crystallographic Texture of Interstitial Free Steels Using an Electromagnetic Sensor

“…Individual crystals with random texture during cold rolling process rotate by slip processes towards two important sets of orientations, the αfibre set, and the γ-fibre set [7]. The strength of these texture components, particularly the α-fibre, increases with cold rolling reduction [8,9] and during the final continuous annealing step, a welladvanced state of recrystallisation eliminates the detrimental rotated cube component, leaving behind texture with a strong γ-fibre [9] which is beneficial for excellent deep drawability [10,11]. It is desirable to be able to measure the intensity of texture that develops, for instance, considering magnetic anisotropy behaviour as this could be linked to the properties of final product and, if measured nondestructively, can be used for product quality control during production of steel.…”