Development of cube recrystallization textures in high-purity Al

Abstract

Abstract High-purity (99.99 wt.%) Al containing 50 wt. ppm Cu was cold rolled to 98% reduction in thickness and annealed by varying the heating rate of annealing and annealing cycles. Textures developed at various stages of annealing were investigated with the orientation distribution function analysis. The observed results were compared with those obtained on standard high purity (99.99 wt.%) Al without Cu addition. In slow heating rate annealing, it was found that in high purity Al the addition of 50 wt.ppm Cu significantly enhanced the development of {100}<001> recrystallization textures. Intensities of {100}<001> developed in high purity Al with 50 wt. ppm Cu were about twice as high as those observed in high purity Al without Cu addition. {123}<634> R orientations were completely eliminated by the addition of 50 wt. ppm Cu. In rapid heating annealing, on the other hand, annealing at temperatures above 325 °C resulted in the formation of very coarse recrystallized grains with weak {100}<001> recrystallization textures irrespective of Cu content. Such grain coarsening could be suppressed by pre-annealing at temperatures between 225 and 300 °C. In the specimens subjected to this pre-annealing, strong {100}<001> recrystallization textures could be obtained, even if they were annealed with a rapid heating rate in final annealing.