Comparative study of precipitation behavior and texture formation in cold rolled-batch annealed and cold rolled-continuous annealed interstitial free high strength steels

Two interstitial free high strength (IFHS) steels of comparable chemistries but processed through batch annealing and continuous annealing routes have been studied. The near absence of FeTiP and presence of a large volume fraction of TiC are considered to be primarily responsible for the sharp {1 1 1} texture in the CA steel.