Texture Control and the Drawability of α‐Brass

Texture strengthening analyses for cubicmetals predict enhanced deep drawing performancewith {110} and/or {111} components in the plane ofthe sheet. Since {110} is the primary texturein heavily cold rolled α-brass, an attempt was madeto retain this texture through recovery of the coldrolled material at low temperatures. A second approachis suggested by the observation of the {110}texture in α-brass on annealing ≳600°C (873°K), andinvolves short time exposures to limit grain size.It is found that low temperature recovery treatments,while partially retaining the rolling texture, producea hard condition of low drawability. Hightemperature annealing produces appreciable {110}textural components only at grain sizes too largefor many commercial applications. A potentiallymore tractable approach is discussed.