Investigation of Deformed and Recrystallized Textures in Zirconium

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The analysis of deformed and recrystallized zirconium, used in nuclear industry is presented. The main purpose of the present work is to describe and analyze changes in texture, microstructure and misorientation profile, which are observed during a complete thermomechanical treatment. Zirconium samples were channel compressed till various degrees of deformation. The samples were then annealed. In both deformed and recrystallized states, topological maps were measured using the well known EBSD (Electron Backscatter Diffraction) technique. The obtained data were necessary for further analysis which consisted of several approaches: quantification of textures, identification of principal components, volume fractions, misorientations, grain size and IQ histograms. For the misorientation analysis, several parameters have also been tested (ie. correlated misorientation profile, grain average misorientation, kernel, etc.). Based on this complete set of data a scenario is proposed to explain the observed microstructural evolutions.

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Materials Science Forum (Volumes 715-716)

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940-945

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April 2012

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