The Orientation Dependence of the Rate of Grain Boundary Migration

Very small recrystallized grains of a large variety of orientations were produced locally in lightly rolled high purity aluminum crystals. The rate of growth of these small grains varied greatly, depending on their relative orientation with respect to the matrix crystal. Grains with an orientation corresponding to a [111] rotation of about 40° showed by far the highest rate of growth. These results indicate that recrystallization textures developing in the spontaneous recrystallization of deformed single crystals can be accounted for by the orientation dependence of the rate of growth.