The evolution of texture during the static recrystallization of three cold rolled binary Mg-Y alloys was characterised using electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD). It had been shown in previous studies that alloys that contain yttrium can develop more random texture, during thermo-mechanical processing and this can reduce or eliminate the yield asymmetry common to wrought magnesium alloy. The three alloys were initially hot rolled to break up the as cast structure then cold rolled using multiple passes of 1% reductions to avoid cracking and impart a high attainable level of stored energy. The as rolled texture was a typical basal texture with a small component outside the basal ring formed as a result of {10-11} - {10-12} double twinning. Isothermal annealing was carried out in 325°C at either 20 or 50 minutes to produce both partial and fully recrystallized structures. The texture produced after recrystallization was a weak basal texture. It was found that for all the alloys the orientations and boundary misorientation of the double twins was carried through to the recrystallized texture due to preferential recrystallization of the twinned regions which were extensive throughout the structure.
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