Z. Ahmad et al., TEXTURE DEVELOPMENT IN DUAL-PHASE COLD-ROLLED 18 PCT NI MARAGING-STEEL, Metallurgical and materials transactions. A, Physical metallurgy andmaterials science, 28(12), 1997, pp. 2459-2465
Austenite and martensite textures were studied in 18 pct Ni 350-maragi
ng steel as a function of various degrees of cold rolling. The austeni
te phase in the samples was produced by repeated thermal cycling betwe
en ambient and 800 degrees C. The austenite phase thus formed was mech
anically unstable and transformed to the martensite phase after 30 pct
cold rolling. The texture developed as a result of cold rolling, and
its effect upon microstructure and hardness has been studied.