Materials Science Forum, Vol.408-4, 1329-1334, 2002
Effects of electrostatic field on recrystallization texture and grain boundary character distribution in a Fe-3%Si alloy
Effects of electrostatic field on recrystallization texture and grain boundary character distribution (GBCD) in a Fe-3%Si alloy were investigated. It was found that electrostatic field retards transformation of cold rolling texture, while increases the sharpness of the dominant recrystallization texture component {111} <112>. The effect of electrostatic field is more significant in the early stage of recrystallization. Electrostatic field exhibits no obvious influences on the frequencies of low-angle, coincidence and random grain boundary. However, certain special CSL boundaries can be affected. The effect of electrostatic field on recrystallization texture can be attributed to the decrease of vacancy concentration and dislocation mobility and the resultant decrease of grain boundary mobility.
Keywords:electrostatic field;Fe-3%Si;grain boundary character distribution GBCD;recrystallization texture