The present work aims to study the microstructure and texture evolutions of thermomechanically processed 310S austenitic stainless steel. The material was cryo-rolled at 20%, 50% and 90% thickness reduction, followed by annealing at 1023, 1223 and 1323 K for 5, 15 and 30 min, respectively. After a 20% thickness reduction, strain-induced α′-martensite was seen along with deformation twinning within the austenite grains. The volume fraction of the deformation twinning was higher than that of α′-martensite. By increasing deformation from 50% to 90%, the volume fraction of α′-martensite went from 11% to 69%, and twinning was replaced by martensite. Brass, Goss, and S components were the dominant textures in the austenite phase after deformation, while the main texture components in α′-martensite were R-Cu, R-cube, F, and E. Brass component was further increased by increasing the thickness reduction in contrast to the Goss component. During annealing, martensite to austenite reversion and recrystallization occurred in the deformed austenite, which resulted in an increase in the volume fractions of the Goss and Brass recrystallization components. However, the annealing texture of the alloy was found to be approximately the same as the cryo-rolling texture. The kinetics of martensite reversion at 1223 K for 5 min was much faster than that at 1023 K. An equiaxed microstructure was not detected at 1023 K for 5 min due to incomplete martensite reversion and primary recrystallization. The optimum annealing temperature for obtaining an ultrafine grain structure was 1023 K for 15 min. Recrystallization and tangible grain growth swiftly occurred at 1173 K and 1273 K.
