Microstructure and Texture Evolutions in a Short-Time-Annealed Interstitial-Free Steel

One kind of high strength interstitial free steel sheets are annealed in a salt bath at 810 C for different times (1-30 s). The microstructure and recrystallized texture evolution during annealing are investigated using the optical microscopy and the Electron Back Scattered Diffraction technique. The results show that beginning and finishing of recrystallization are observed in the sample annealed at 810 C for 8 and for 20 s, respectively. The recrystallized grains nucleate in the order of ‹111›//ND, ‹110›//ND and ‹100›//ND. Recrystallized grains with ‹111›//ND orientation nucleate firstly in the ‹111›//ND deformed grains as well as at their boundaries and grow up by consuming the ‹111›//ND deformed grains at the initial stage of recrystallization. The ‹111›//ND recrystallized grains grow up by depleting the remained formed ‹100›//ND grains after the full consumption of the ‹111›//ND deformed grains. The overall recrystallization texture is mainly the ‹111›//ND component in the steel.