This pape
r discusses the evolution of textu
re in a Ti–5Ta–1.8Nb alloy du
ring the t
ransfo
rmation of ‘defo
rmed
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racte
rized using X-
ray diff
raction and Elect
ron Back Scatte
red Diff
raction techniques. It exhibited a defo
rmation textu
re of type—[1 0 −1 0]//axial di
rection (AD) fo
r the wi
re, and a [0 0 0 2]//no
rmal di
rection (ND) fo
r the cold
rolled sheet sample. On subsequent β-homogenization t
reatment and cooling, the initial defo
rmation textu
re was
replaced with a t
ransfo
rmation textu
re of [1 1 −2 0]//ND fo
r the sheet sample. The wi
re sample exhibited a t
ransfo
rmation textu
re with (1 1 −2 2) aligned nea
r to the wi
re c
ross-section. A defo
rmation textu
re was found to be essential to int
roduce t
ransfo
rmation textu
re.