The texture modifications induced by an alpha --> beta --> alpha heat treat
ment of two alpha titanium sheets, cold rolled to different degrees are stu
died. The a textures inherited after annealing in the beta field sharpen wi
th the amount of cold rolling. After 90% deformation by cold rolling, this
texture is mainly characterized by the (10.3)[1-2.0] component. The interme
diate high temperature beta textures have been evaluated by restitution met
hods developed in our laboratory and the transformation mechanisms during h
eating and cooling investigated. After 90% deformation by cold rolling, the
inherited cc texture cannot be simply deduced from the initial texture by
a sequence of phase transformations occurring with strict orientation relat
ion between lattices. The influence of the deformation imposed before heati
ng on the final texture is demonstrated.