Abstract

Diagrams of remanent induction, Br, versus saturation induction, Bs, for Fe–5Ni–xMo–0.05C alloys, where x is equal to 11%, 15% or 19%, were determined for samples 60%, 80%, 90% and 97% cold rolled and magnetically age-annealed at 610°C for 1h. The texture evolution in those alloys was analysed as a function of rolling reduction, by means of the orientation distribution function (ODF). The results show that a sharp {100} 〈110〉 texture component develops in the 11%-Mo alloy for rolling reductions in excess of 90%. This leads to the highest values of the remanent induction, Br, and of the Br/Bs ratio for this alloy as a result of 〈100〉 directions, the easy magnetization directions, lying at 45° to the rolling direction.