Annealing of Cold-Rolled Fe-40A1 Single Crystals

Abstract

ABSTRACTSingle crystals of Fe-40A1 were cold-rolled to plastic strains in the range 5% to 48%. Discs cut from the rolled crystals at different rolling strains were heated at 10 K/min in a differential scanning calorimeter from room temperature to 973 K. Three exothermic peaks were observed in the temperature ranges of 440–550 K, 610–650 K, and 860–930 K, all the peaks shifting to lower temperatures with increasing strain. The origins of these peaks are discussed in terms of the disorder and vacancies introduced during rolling.