Effect of Annealing on Hot BandTexture of Ferritic Stainless Steel

Abstract

The textural and microstructural banding through the thickness of 17%Cr ferritic stainless steel hot band has been investigated. The surface texture is nearly random and consists of shear texture components formed by simultaneous action of shear deformation and dynamic recrystallisation. The texture in the central layer is a strong recrystallisation‐type. The through‐thickness textural and microstructural banding, to a large extent, has been weakened by annealing the hot band in two‐phase ( α + γ ) region, as opposed to single‐phase ( α ) annealing.