Texture formation in bulk iron processed by simple shear

Funding

The authors would like to thank Joseph Bularzik, Jeff Kazar, and Warren Bolton of Magnetics International, Inc. for supplying the iron for this project. The assistance of Robert Barber for extrusion processing is appreciated. This research is sponsored in part by the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Office of Transportation Technologies, as part of the High Temperature Materials Laboratory User Program, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, managed by Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corp. for the U.S. Department of Energy under contract number DE-AC05-96OR22464. Support by the Advanced Research and Technology Program of the State of Texas is gratefully acknowledged.