Effect of precipitation on rolling texture evolution in continuous cast AA 3105 aluminum alloy

The texture evolution of continuous cast (CC) AA 3105 aluminum alloy during cold rolling was investigated by X-ray Bragg diffraction. The influence of the precipitation state on the texture evolution during rolling was determined. The results show that the precipitates in a CC AA 3105 aluminum alloy affect the texture evolution during rolling. As the amount of precipitates increases and the size of precipitates decreases, the rate of disappearance of the cube, r-cube, and remainder components and the rate of formation of the P fiber decrease. The presence of large precipitates in a CC AA 3105 aluminum alloy hardly affects the texture evolution. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.