Anisotropic segregation-driven texture weakening in a dilute Mg-Al-Ca alloy during isothermal annealing

Tailoring recrystallization via particle-stimulated nucleation (PSN) and pinning effects from secondary phase particles effectively weakens textures, which is still challenging for low-alloyed rare earth-free Mg alloys. Herein, the texture of a dilute cold-rolled Mg-2.2Al-0.33Ca (wt.%) alloy is found to reduce with the appearance of transverse direction (TD) texture components during static recrystallization. The texture transition is mainly attributed to the preferential growth of TD-oriented recrystallized grains, resulting from the preferential segregation of Al and Ca atoms on basal-oriented grain boundaries with low misorientation angles. The findings provide an in-depth understanding of texture modification in Mg alloys.