%0 journal article
%@ 0304-8853
%A Salih, M.Z., Weidenfeller, B., Al-Hamdany, N., Brokmeier, H.-G., Gan, W.M.

%D 2014
%J Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

%P 141-149 
%R doi:10.1016/j.jmmm.2014.03.009
%T The effect of intermediate annealing between cold rolled steps on crystallographic texture and magnetic properties of Fe–2.6% Si
%U https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2014.03.009
 
%X The crystallographic textures and magnetic properties of Fe–2.6 wt% Si after two different cold rolling and thermal treatment processes were investigated. The first set of samples was 90% cold rolled and annealed for 20 min at 600 °C, 700 °C, 900 °C and 1100 °C, while the second set was cold rolled for 75% and 60% with intermediate annealing at 600 °C for 60 min. Samples were analyzed by neutron diffraction and magnetic measurements. By means of the one and two stage cold rolling processes important cube (0 0 1)[1 0 0] and Goss components {1 1 0}〈0 0 1〉 were produced. Magnetic properties obtained through the two stage process were better than the properties found with the one stage process due to a higher fraction of the cube and Goss components in the material after the two stage process. An increase of grain sizes does not lead to better magnetic properties.