Microstructures and Textures During Annealing in Low Carbon Al-Killed Steels with Low Finishing Temperatures and High Coiling Temperatures

Abstract

Microstructures and textures after annealing at 680°C in low carbon Al-killed steels with low finishing temperature and high coiling temperature were investigated by means of optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-Ray Diffractometer (XRD). The results show that higher coiling temperature and lower finishing temperature can both cause the appearance of equiaxed grain and line cementite. The equiaxed grain in 2# steel with higher coiling temperature is the more obvious. Advantage textures are weak in the steels with higher coiling temperature and lower finishing temperature and volume fraction of {111}fiber in 2# steel with higher coiling temperature is only 7.17%, so the stamping property should be worse.