MicrostructureandtextureofTi-Nb-Sibasedalloys,preparedbywaterquenchingfromβ-phasefield,coldrollingandrecrystallizationheattreatmentfollowedbywaterquenching,wereinvestigatedintermsofopticalmicrostructureandanalysisofX-raypolefigureresult.Inas-quenchedsample,relativelyrandomdistributionofpolefigurewasdetectedwithoutshowingaspecifictexturecomponent.Inas-coldrolledsample,however,itisfoundwell-developedseveraltexturecomponentsconsistingofrotatedcube,α-fiberandγ-fibertexturecomponentswhicharefrequentlyobservedinbcc-structuredmetalsandalloyswerefound.Therefore,texturecomponentsdevelopedinthepresentalloysarecloselyrelatedtothedeformationofβ-phaseeventhoughsmallamountofα″phaseco-existinthemicrostructure.Inrecrystallizedsample,α-fibertexturecomponentisweaklydetectedwhiletheothertexturecomponents,rotatedcubeandγ-fibercomponents,appearstoberelativelyunchanged.Noadditionaltexturecomponentsweredetectedbesidesthosetexturecomponentsobservedinthecoldrolledsamples.
