The effects of microstructure before high temperature annealing on secondary recrystallization in conventional grain-oriented electrical steels are investigated. Before high temperature annealing, the cold rolled specimens were annealed at 600 and 850...
The effects of microstructure before high temperature annealing on secondary recrystallization in conventional grain-oriented electrical steels are investigated. Before high temperature annealing, the cold rolled specimens were annealed at 600 and 850℃ for 200s in 25%H₂+75%N₂, in order to make the recovered and recrystallized microstructure, respectively. For the observation of grain size and precipitates, specimens were extracted at 700, 800, 900, 950 and 1000℃ during the heating step of high temperature annealing. For the recrystallized specimen before high temperature annealing, secondary recrystallization was nearly completed at 950℃ during high temperature annealing. However, in case of the recovered specimen, secondary recrystallization was formed at a higher temperature than 950℃. After high temperature annealing, better magnetic properties were obtained in the recovered specimen than in the recrystallized specimen.