Orientation dependence of texture evolution in cold-rolled Ni3Al single crystals

Texture evolutions of cold-rolled thin foils of binary stoichiometric Ni₃Al single crystals were examined as a function of the initial crystal orientation. In the cases of the initial rolling direction (RD) close to ?001?, a double {110} {112} texture associated with a banded structure tends to develop irrespective of the initial foil normal direction (ND). The macroscopic shape of these foils with the banded structure is straight and simply elongated along RD, keeping their rectangular shape. In contrast, when the initial RD is close to {112}, the texture and the microstructure are rather uniform without the texture splitting and the banded structure formation. The foils of group B are macroscopically curved, twisted and eventually cracked from the side edge of the samples. Tendencies of the lattice rotations vary with the initial ND in the latter case. According to the plastic strain analysis, the formation of the banded structure is found to be essential for fabricating the thin straight foils in the case of the cold rolling of Ni₃Al single crystals.