Microstructure and Texture of an Aluminum Plate Produced by Multipass Cold Rolling and Graded Annealing Process

Abstract

In order to explore the microstructure, texture, individual performance, and grain size characteristic evolution law during the process of multipass cold rolling, graded annealing process, the experimental design, research approach, and methodology were investigated using the equipment of optical microscope (OM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD), and transmission electron microscope (TEM). The results show that a low interannealing temperature could strengthen the cubic texture after finished product annealing, and a high volume fraction of cubic texture components was subsequently obtained. In view of the nucleation advantage of cubic texture, the Cube-{001} texture formation after annealing was promoted by the cold-rolled texture of Cu-{112} and S-{123}, which mainly depended on the decomposition of Cu and S textures, finally, they were consumed and transformed from Cu and S textures into a cubic texture. In addition, the dislocation configuration and corrosion pit density were clearly visible and distinctive in the observation space of aluminum foil.

Keywords

• microstructure and texture
• aluminum plate
• cold rolling
• annealing