Surface and mid-plane texture evolution in austenite phase of cold rolled austenitic stainless steels

Austenite stainless steels with stable and metastable austenite phase were studied for the evolution of texture during cold rolling. After solution annealing treatment AISI 304L and 316L austenitic stainless steels (ASS) were unidirectionally cold rolled to different degrees of thickness reductions up to 90% of cold reduction. Texture measurements were made at the surface as well as at the mid-plane sections by X-ray diffraction technique. Distinctly two different types of textures were noted at the surface and mid-plane section. The surface texture showed texture transition from copper type to Brass type whereas the mid-plane section showed typical Brass type texture from the very beginning of deformation.