3.3. Texture
Figs. 6–9 illustrate the texture of the three as-rolled specimens.
Fig. 6 is the pole figures of sheet 1. In the pole figure of
(0002), the grain orientation is located approximately 35 °C
from the c-axis towards TD. There also exists highest intensity
points distributing about 55 °C from the c-axis toward RD in
the (1011) pole figure, and approximately 45 °C from the c-axis
toward downside of RD in the (1012) figure. The pole density
distribution is scattered in the pole figure of (1010). Compared
with the pole figures of other magnesium alloys with basal
texture, it can be inferred that a non-basal texture exists in the
alloy during rolling.