Effect of surface shear on cube texture formation in heavy cold-rolled Cu–45 at%Ni alloy substrates

• Cu–45 at%Ni alloy were examined after heavy cold rolling and annealing.
• The fraction of rolling texture decreases as the shear texture covers the surface.
• The cube texture formation is delayed by the surface shear during annealing.

Two types of Cu–45 at%Ni alloy thin tapes with and without surface shear were obtained by different heavy cold rolling processes. The deformation and recrystallization textures of the two tapes were thoroughly investigated by electron back scattering diffraction technique. The results showed that a shear texture mainly covered the surface of the heavy deformed tapes because of the fraction between the surface of rolling mills and the thin tapes when the rolling force strongly reduced at high strain, which significantly reduced the fraction of rolling texture on the surface of the Cu–45at %Ni alloy thin tapes, retarded the cube grain growth during recrystallization and affected the strong cube texture formation after high temperature annealing.