Relationship Between Recrystallization Kinetics and the Inhomogeneity of Stored Energy

A new analytic method based on the microstructural path method with nucleation rate and growth rate as descriptors is proposed, which provides a link between the nonhomogeneous distribution of stored energy in plastically deformed materials and the recrystallization rate. The proposed approach uses easily measured recrystallization rates to provide information about the deformation history and the inhomogeneity of stored energy. The theory was …