Fig. 1 Schematic sample of Zr-1Sn-0.3Nb-0.3Fe-0.1Cr rolling sheet

Fig. 2 TEM bright-field images of Zr-1Sn-0.3Nb-0.3Fe-0.1Cr alloy rolled at 1073 K with different reductions: a initial state, b 10%, c 30%, d 60%

Fig. 3 Volume fraction of DRX a, average grain size b of Zr-1Sn-0.3Nb-0.3Fe-0.1Cr alloy after hot rolling with different reductions

Fig. 4 DRX maps of Zr-1Sn-0.3Nb-0.3Fe-0.1Cr alloy after hot rolled at 1073 K with different reductions: a 50%, b 60%. The blue grains are DRX grains, the yellow grains represent recovery ones, and deformed grains are in red

Fig. 5 Grain boundary maps of Zr-1Sn-0.3Nb-0.3Fe-0.1Cr alloy after hot rolling at 1073 K with different reductions: a 10%, b 60%. The HAGBs and LAGBs are, respectively, highlighted by blue and red lines

Fig. 6 Fraction of LABG of Zr-1Sn-0.3Nb-0.3Fe-0.1Cr alloy after hot rolling with different reductions

Fig. 7 Schematic mechanism of the formation of DRX grains

Fig. 8 Schmid factor distribution of different slip systems of Zr-1Sn-0.3Nb-0.3Fe-0.1Cr alloy sheets after hot rolling at 1023 K with different reductions: a basal slip, b prismatic slip, c first-order pyramidal slip, d second-order pyramidal slip

Fig. 9 Schmid factor distribution of different slip systems of Zr-1Sn-0.3Nb-0.3Fe-0.1Cr alloy sheets after hot rolling at 1073 K with different reductions: a basal slip, b prismatic slip, c first-order pyramidal slip, d second-order pyramidal slip

Fig. 10 Volume fraction of twin of Zr-1Sn-0.3Nb-0.3Fe-0.1Cr alloy sheets after hot rolling with different reductions

Fig. 11 Changes in volume fraction of <0001>//ND, <10-10>//ND, and <1-210>//ND textures with different reductions

Fig. 12 IPF maps animation of crystal orientation of the sheet after 60% reduction at 1073 K