Moderation of the recrystallization texture by nucleation at copper-type shear bands in Al-1Mg Original Research Article

The critical dependency of copper type shear band formation on deformation variables in Al-1Mg has been described (Acta mater., 49 (2001) 2739). The influence of copper type shear bands on recrystallization behaviour during post-deformation annealing in Al-1Mg is now discussed. Local orientation measurements and orientation images of grains nucleating at shear bands have been made using the electron back-scatter diffraction (EBSD) technique. Bulk recrystallization texture is investigated from X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements. Shear bands are shown to be potent nucleation sites during annealing and a weak, almost random, texture associated with nucleation at shear bands has been inferred. Most significantly, shear band formation is found to have a pronounced moderating influence on the strength of the potentially dominant cube component of the recrystallization texture.