Abstract: The influence of widening and initial Cube tex- ture on formation of rolling and recrystallization texture was investigated in high purity Al.With in- creasing widening the initial Cube texture has ro- tated more around rolling direction(RD)and less around transverse direction(TD).Therefore,more orientations rotate in x-fibre between G{110} <001>and B{110}<112>positions,and less in S{124}<211>texture component,which shows the widening plays an important role in the forma- tion of S component during rolling.The relation- ship between rolling and recrystallization texture components is discussed.Though the transition band predicted by Dillamore and Katoh is always formed during rolling,the most important factor in- fluencing recrystallization texture should be the ori- ented growth according to the changes of volume fractions and scatter widths of texture components with widening.

Key words: texture, rolling, recrystallization, AI