SIMULATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF RECRYS TALLIZATION TEXTURES OF AN IRON 3-PERCENT-SILICON ALLOY PRODUCED BY CONTINUOUS-CASTING OF METAL SHEETS

A recrystallization study has been performed in electrical Fe Si 3% al loys containing solute elements as tin, copper or manganese, obtained by direct casting between two rolls. After annealing of cold rolled sa mples at different temperatures under dry hydogen, the texture functio n was calculated from data obtained by X ray diffraction or Electron B ackScattered Diffraction (EBSD) depending on the grain size. The evolu tion of the different texture components as well as that of the micros tructure was studied according to reduction amounts by cold rolling, a nnealing temperatures and solute elements content. For given condition s, the cubic texture was developped for some samples. On the other han d, the Monte Carlo technique was used to simulate, in 2D in a first st ep, normal and abnormal grain growth in a Fe Si 3% alloy. Energy and b oundary mobility anisotropy between grains having different crystallog raphic orientations were introduced in the simulation. So it is possib le to simulate growth laws and to compare them with the experimental o nes.