Texture of Hot-Rolled Sheet Fe-3% Si Alloy

Using the method of orientation microscopy, based on electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD), the texture of Fe–3% Si alloy sheet, produced by hot rolling at 1280 – 920 °C with a total strain exceeding 95 %, was characterized. The texture sheet in the surface region and in the central region consists of a set of stable orientations. The surface region mainly consists of recrystallization orientations; the texture of the central region is formed by a set of deformation orientations. The surface orientations of the sheet are rotated by 90° around the transfer direction relative orientations of the central region. The recrystallization texture components reproduce deformation texture components. Recrystallization replaces texture in the local region. With transverse flow (near the edges) in hot rolling, the stable orientation {112} is formed in the surface region. The recrystallization process does not take place at the edges of the strip.