Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) ›› 2017, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (9): 895-906.DOI: 10.1007/s40195-017-0610-7

Special Issue: 2017年钢铁材料专辑

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Effect of Initial Goss Texture Sharpness on Texture Evolution and Magnetic Properties of Ultra-thin Grain-oriented Electrical Steel

Rui-Yang Liang1, Ping Yang1, Wei-Min Mao1   

  1. 1.School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China.
  • Online:2017-09-30 Published:2017-10-26
  • About author:1 The authors contributed equally to this work.

Abstract:

In this study, high- and low-grade grain-oriented electrical steels were used as the initial materials to produce 0.08-mm-thick sheet with one-step cold-rolling method. Electron backscattering diffraction analysis technique and X-ray diffraction texture analysis technique were adopted to investigate the effect of initial Goss texture sharpness on texture evolution and magnetic properties of ultra-thin grain-oriented electrical steel. The results showed that primary recrystallization and secondary recrystallization were the main processes that occurred during annealing. The induced factors for secondary recrystallization of two grades samples were not consistent. The high-grade samples presented texture induction mechanism, while the low-grade samples revealed strong surface-energy induction mechanism. The initial Goss texture sharpness had a great impact on texture evolution and magnetic properties of ultra-thin grain-oriented electrical steel. The Goss texture component formed after primary recrystallization was stronger, and better magnetic properties were obtained at low frequencies. For low-grade samples, secondary recrystallization enhanced the intensity of Goss texture, and both grain size and texture contributed to better high-frequency magnetic properties after secondary recrystallization. By controlling the annealing process, the magnetic properties of low-grade products could be significantly improved, thus achieving conversion from low-grade to high-grade products.

Key words: Ultra-thin grain-oriented electrical steel, Goss texture, Secondary recrystallization, Magnetic properties