EFFECT OF INITIAL ORIENTATION ON THE COLD-ROLLING BEHAVIOR OF SOLIDIFIED COLUMNAR CRYSTALS IN A 19-PERCENT CR FERRITIC STAINLESS-STEEL

The cold rolling behavior of solidified columnar crystals in a 19%Cr ferritic stainless steel has been investigated in order to clarify the effects of the initial orientation of each columnar grain and of the interaction with adjacent grains in a polycrystalline specimen, The specimen showed {001}[uv0] texture before rolling and {001}[110] texture after 70% rolling reduction. It was clearly shown that the rolled microstructure and the crystal rotation by rolling strongly depend on the initial orientation. The 70% rolled microstructure of (001)[100] oriented grains consisted of a large number of fine stringer deformation bands, whereas (001)[110] oriented grains showed a uniform and non-characteristic deformation structure. In the grains having intermediate orientations such as (001)[510]-[320], stringer deformation bands formed near grain boundaries. Both of the (001)[100] and (001)[110] oriented grains maintained their initial orientations even after 70% rolling reduction, while the (001)[510]-[320] oriented grains rotated toward (001)[110]. It was emphasized that the stability of (001)[100] oriented grains against rolling is contrast to the case of (001)[100] oriented bcc single crystals where the crystal rotation toward (001)[110] occurs. This difference was discussed from a viewpoint of the interaction with adjacent grains.