Evolução da microestrutura e da textura cristalográfica durante a etapa de aquecimento do recozimento de um aço IF

Abstract

The Interstitial Free (IF) steels were developed in the 70s aiming to obtain materials of good formability and good mechanical strength for application in the automotive industry. The crystallographic texture after the annealing process of the IF steel sheet has good formability role in these steels. In this work were studied the evolution of the microstructure and crystallographic texture of a stabilized IF steel to titanium (Ti) during the heating step in annealing. The samples were hot rolled, cold rolled (75% reduction in thickness) and annealed, respectively. During the heating step in the annealed the samples were removed for temperatures of 730, 740, 750, 760, 770, 780, 790, 800, 810, 820 ° C for analysis. It was evaluated the evolution of the microstructure of each sample removed from the oven by optical microscopy. The evaluation of the evolution of texture was made using the techniques of X-ray diffraction and EBSD (Electron Back Scatter Diffraction). The results show the development of recrystallization grain size and grain microstructure with increasing temperature. The evolution of texture shows that in cooler temperatures it is observed the stronger presence of fibers DL component and the cube spun than the DN fiber. With the rise of temperature occurs elimination of component spun cube and elimination of DL fiber increasing the intensity of DN fiber, but with the advent of preferred directions (components). The EBSD technique confirmed this behavior and allowed us to observe the evolution of texture and recrystallization temperature.