Texture of deformed Cu-Cr-Zr alloys

The influences of plastic deformation, aging treatment, and alloying elements on the texture of Cu-Cr-Zr alloys were ex- plored. The texture component and intensity of Cu-Cr-Zr alloys under various working conditions after aging treatment were characterized using the orientation distributing function (ODF). The influence of Zr content on the texture of Cu-Cr-Zr alloys was also analyzed. The reduction pass and deformation level were primary factors influencing the texture. Rolling texture appeared in a rolled plate and the fibrous textures of 111 and 001 were detected after 80% deformation. Fibrous texture with a main constituent of 111 improved the tensile strength of the alloy wire. The texture contents of 110〈331〉 and 110〈112〉 were predominated, whereas, those of 113〈332〉 and 112〈111〉 were in the minority in the Cu-Cr-Zr alloy with a higher Zr content (〉0.5wt%). However, in the samples with a lower Zr content (〈0.1wt%), the texture contents of 113〈332〉, 112〈111〉, and 111〈110〉 were in the majority.