Deformation and annealing textures of silver wire

Silver is a rare material in which the major axial orientation component is [111] at low drawing reductions (less than about 90%) as other f.c.c. meta ls, but changes to [100] at high reductions (99%). Either orientation reduc ed to [100] after recrystallization. The further annealing gave rise to the [111] growth texture. The recrystallization texture could be explained bas ed on the strain energy release maximization model, in which the absolute m aximum internal stress direction determined by slip systems becomes paralle l to the minimum Young's modulus direction of recrystallized grains. The gr owth texture was discussed based on the mobility of the [100] and [111] til t grain boundaries. Published by Elsevier Science S.A.