The recrystallization of an Al-Mg-Si alloy deformed by plane strain compression at
400°C and 1 s-1 has been studied. Fine particles are found to have a significant influence
on the development of recrystallization textures. Annealing at 400°C, in the
presence of Al-Fe-Si particles located on boundaries, results in a weak recrystallization
texture. There is a clear indication that grain nucleation is associated with
abnormal subgrain growth. The occurrence of this recovery process is analyzed by
taking into account the particle pinning pressure and the orientation dependence of
boundary energy and mobility. The cube recrystallization texture observed after
annealing at 510°C is discussed in terms of the stability of Mg2Si and Al-Fe-Si precipitates.