EBSD study of the development of cube recrystallization texture in Fe-50%Ni

The development of cube recrystallization texture was investigated in Fe-50%Ni using orientation imaging microscopy (OIM). Individual orientations were measured on a hexagonal grid by electron back scattered diffraction (EBSD) in a Karl-Zeiss DSM 940 scanning electron microscopy (SEM). This process creates the mechanisms responsible for the preferential development of cube grains at annealing stages which follow nucleation of recrystallization. The frequency and size advantages, grain boundary distribution and differences in stored energy linked to cube and non-cube grains were investigated to determine their influence on the development of the cube recrystallization texture in the alloy.