Texture analysis of cold rolled and annealed aluminum alloy produced by twin-roll casting

• Main Author: Martins,Juliana de Paula
• Publication Date: 2012
• Other Authors: Carvalho,André Luis Moreira de, Padilha,Angelo Fernando
• Format: Article
• Language: eng
• Source: Materials research (São Carlos. Online)
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• topic: aluminum alloys; Al-Mn-Fe-Si; twin-roll continuous casting; texture

A 7.4 mm thick strip of 3003 aluminum alloy produced by the industrial twin-roll casting (TRC) process was homogenized at 500 °C for 12 hours, after which it was cold rolled in two conditions: 1) to reduce the strip's thickness by 67%, and 2) to reduce it by 91%. The alloy was annealed at 400 °C for 1 hour in both conditions. The results revealed that a rotated cube texture, the {001}<110&gt; component, predominated in the as-cast condition and was transformed into brass, copper and S type textures during the cold rolling process. There was practically no difference between the deformation textures at the two thickness reductions.