Analysis of cellular microstructures in Al-Fe-Si alloy

Experiments have been carried out on a commercial aluminium alloy rolled to foils with various high rolling reductions. Attention was focused on the formation of cells during deformation. Microstructures were examined in the SEM using electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) and oriented imaging microscopy techniques. A treatment of the results obtained with EBSD has been used to determine the discrete parameters of the individual grains in the aggregate. The local driving pressures were calculated enabling the estimation of grain growth velocities dR/dt, The evolution of texture could be predicted and successfully compared with the experimental results of an annealing treatment. MST/4790.