the effect of cold rolling process on the microstructure and texture evolution in a 1 wt. % si non-oriented electrical steel

in this study, the effect of cold rolling process on the microstructure and texture evolution in 1wt. % si non-orientedelectrical steel was investigated. for this purpose, all samples were processed through single-stage hot rolling at1100 ° c and two-stage cold rolling (cross rolling and unidirectional rolling) with intermediate annealing at 650 °cfor 35 seconds. finally, all of them were fully annealed for 3 min at 900 ° c. the results showed that cold rollingprocess could affect shear band formation, deformation texture and annealing texture. shear band and {322} grainswere decreased and {100} grains were increased by the cross rolling method. these observations showed theweakening of the {110} and {111} components and the strengthening of the {001} componentafter final annealing for the cross rolled sample. on the other hand, shear band formation in the unidirectionalrolling sample caused the development of annealing goss texture component ({110} ).