Effect of finishing rolling reduction on microstructures and textures of grain oriented silicon steel

Abstract

The effect of finishing rolling reduction on microstructures and textures of grain oriented silicon steel was researched by optical microscopy, zeiss ultra 55 Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) technique severally. The results show that the grain size of hot rolled sheets and decarburized strips decreases, while the center grain size of the normalized sheet increases with the increase of the finishing rolling reduction. The pearlite content increases with the increase of the finishing rolling reduction after normalization. Compare with the previous research, the effect of finishing rolling reduction on the grain size of primary recrystallization is greater than that of roughing rolling reduction, and large rolling reduction is beneficial to the formation of {110} texture.

Keywords

• grain oriented silicon steel
• finishing rolling reduction
• SEM
• EBSD
• microstructure