Abstract
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A TWinning Induced Plasticity (TWIP) steel was cold rolled to 42% thickness reduction
followed by isochronal annealing for 300 s between 600-850 °C. Bulk texture evolution during
recrystallisation was investigated by X-Ray Diffraction. While the development of the α-fibre after
cold rolling is typical of low stacking fault energy materials, anomalously higher intensities were
noted for the Goss ({110}<001>) compared to Brass ({110}<112>) orientations. Upon
recrystallisation, the main rolling texture components were retained and ascribed to nucleation at
orientations close to those of the deformed matrix followed by annealing twinning which leads to
crystallographically identical variants. Unlike previous texture investigations on austenitic steels,
the relatively homogeneous deformation microstructure and uniform distribution of subsequent
nucleation sites led to the retention of the F ({111}<112>) orientation. Moreover, the firsthand
observation of the Rotated Copper ({112}<011>) orientation in TWIP steel is attributed to the
second order twinning of the A ({110}<111>) orientation.