A study on the formation mechanisms of the cube recrystallization texture in cold rolled Fe–36%Ni alloys

Abstract The formation of sharp cube recrystallization texture after high cold rolling reductions in Fe–36%Ni has been studied by means of X-ray texture measurements and extensive transmission electron microscopy (TEM) observations, including orientation measurements even in highly deformed materials. In contrast to Cu and Al, this material shows only little recovery during cold deformation; therefore, the deformation structure can be studied in detail. After high cold rolling the cube grains present at the hot rolled state show the formation of cells and the development of a large orientation gradient inside cube bands. During recrystallization nucleation of cube grains proceeds at a high rate inside these structures. For low deformations cube grain nucleation seems to be inhibited due to the insufficient orientation gradient across the cells. Regions of other orientations show a much lower nucleation rate owing to their inappropriate microstructure. Thus, other recrystallization textures only develop if the cube nucleation is inhibited.