Unusual cold rolled texture in an Mg-2.0Zn-0.8Gd sheet

The Mg-2.0Zn-0.8Gd (wt%) sheet with double peak transverse direction (TD) tilted non-basal texture was cold rolled, and obtain a new texture, named as elliptical annular texture, rather than the traditional basal texture. In addition, the maximum texture intensity of the cold rolled samples decreased with the increased accumulated reductions. The formation of this unusual texture was attributed to the initial non-basal texture and multiple deformation modes. (C) 2016 Acta Materialia Inc Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.