First stage -Recovery

Results in a lower energy conguration New baby grain begin to form, > strain free > lower dislocation density Driving force is stored Strained Energy Grains are allowed to grow as required, increasing ductility... Total recrystallisation is done when the Grain structure is fully equiaxed and when they touch.

Second Stage - Recrystallisation

Annealing Third Stage-Grain growth

Driving force is reduction of grain boundary energy Heat treatment but not melting, It is moving from a high dislocation density to a lower dislocation density. Results in a equaxied structure Stage1- no change in properties Mechanical properties The amount of driving force for recrystallisation is proportional to CW. Stored strain energy.... Stage 2> hardness and yield stress decrease rapidly > ductility increases rapidly

Below 3-4% cold work no recrystallization will happen

So more CW the smaller the grain size after recrystallization. as more nuclei form. Meaning takes less time for equaxied grain structure and to bump.

Recrystallisation Increases with temperature Temperature at which 50% CW metal Will fully recrystallise in 1 HOUR

recrystallization temperature

Hall petch is applicable The rate of increase in ductility levels off The rate of decrease in toughness and yield stress levels off.

Stage 3

Grain size increases rapidly with time, compared to the other stages.