RECRYSTALLIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CUBE TEXTURE IN TI AND TI PLUS CR ADDED NI-FE-CU ALLOYS

The development of a sharp cube or {100} [001] texture in two Ti and T i + Cr added Ni-Fe-Cu alloys is presented. Texture studies in deformed as well as recrystallized conditions have been carried out by both co nventional pole figure and orientation distribution function analysis. Microstructural evolution in course of recrystallization texture deve lopment has been extensively studied with both optical and electron mi croscopes. Heavy cold deformation (97 to 98 %) followed by annealing a t 1050-degrees-C for 2 h has been found to optimize the conditions for the desired texture development.