Abnormal grain growth in thin wires of commercially pure iron with anisotropic microstructure

This work reports the behavior of annealed commercially pure cold-drawn thin iron wires. Primary recrystallization is complete after holding for 180 s at 1123 K. After recrystallization, grain growth takes place within the central region but not close to the surface. For annealing times up to 14400 s, the grain size distribution broadens and the texture strengthens. The resulting texture is intense along the direction <110> parallel to the...