Influence of P Content on Microstructure and Texture Evolution of the Oxygen-Free Copper
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Dear author and co-authors,
Thanks for your paper 'Influence of P Content on Microstructure and Texture Evolution of the Oxygen-Free Copper' to Metals journal.
The work is presented in a clear way. I strongly believe the results and conclusions are very relevant to the community.
I have accept the paper after minor revisions:
- Line 42: remove 'what's more' and start the sentence with 'The addition..'
- Avoid to start the sentences with 'to get..'. Instead, you should use as you did in other paragraphs: 'in order to'.
Please improve the summary and conclusions section. I would suggest to split the text in summary first and then conclusions.
Author Response
Response to Reviewer 1 Comments
Point 1: Line 42: remove 'what's more' and start the sentence with 'The addition..'
Response 1: Thanks for the referee’s kind suggestion. We have revised it according to your comments and marked in red in the manuscript as shown in Line 42.
Point 2: Avoid to start the sentences with 'to get..'. Instead, you should use as you did in other paragraphs: 'in order to'.
Response 2: Thanks for the referee’s kind suggestion. We have checked the entire manuscript carefully and revised it according to your comments.
Point 3: Please improve the summary and conclusions section. I would suggest to split the text in summary first and then conclusions.
Response 3: Thank you for your careful review. We have revised it according to your comments in the revised manuscript.
Author Response File: 
Author Response.pdf
Reviewer 2 Report
The article is devoted to an actual problem - the study of the effect of phosphorus on the texture evolution in the production of copper strip. I think that the article can be published in its present form. I would like the authors in their future works to show the effect of phosphorus not only on the structure, but also on the physical and mechanical properties, and also show the evolution of the structure at all stages of production (casting and extrusion), and not only after annealing and cold rolling.
Author Response
Response to Reviewer 2 Comments
Point 1: The article is devoted to an actual problem the study of the effect of phosphorus on the texture evolution in the production of copper strip. I think that the article can be published in its present form. I would like the authors in their future works to show the effect of phosphorus not only on the structure, but also on the physical and mechanical properties, and also show the evolution of the structure at all stages of production (casting and extrusion), and not only after annealing and cold rolling.
Response 1: Thank you for your kind suggestion. We would study the effect of phosphorus on evolution of structures at all stages of production in the future works.
Author Response File: Author Response.pdf
Reviewer 3 Report
The authors investigated the influence of P content on microstructure and texture evolution of oxygen-free copper during intermediated annealing and final cold rolling.
It would be better to express the contents of the sentences in line 66 ~ 70 as a Figure.
“The ingots which had an initial outer diameter of 70 mm were hot extrusion down to sheets with a final thickness of 10 mm in one step at 900 ºC, and then subjected two passes cold rolling down to 2 mm. The as-rolled specimens were intermediate annealed with the temperature increase to 500 ºC for 5 min using a tube type furnace under an Ar+5% H2 mixed atmosphere and finish cold rolling with the thickness of 0.3 mm.”
Please revise the caption in Figure 1
(a) pure Cu, (2) P23, (3)P52, and (4)P100 -> (a) pure Cu, (b) P23, (c) P52, and (d) P100
It would be better to modify the caption of Figure 2 as follows.
(a)(e)(i) pure Cu, (b)(f)(j) P23, (c)(g)(k) P52, (d)(h)(l) P100, respectively -> (a) pure Cu, (b) P23, (c) P52, (d) P100, respectively
In Figure 5, it would be nice to have EBSD orientation maps on the left and grain size distributions on the right. Of course, the caption in Figure 5 should also be revised as follows.
(a)(e) pure Cu, (b)(f) P23, (c)(g) P52, (d)(h) P100, respectively -> (a) pure Cu, (b) P23, (c) P52, (d) P100, respectively
It would be better to indicate the legend in Figure 7 as a complete name instead of an abbreviation.
Please consider adding test results for mechanical properties on pure Cu, P23, P52, and P100 specimens.
Explain LAGBs in abstract
Author Response
Response to Reviewer 3 Comments
Point 1: It would be better to express the contents of the sentences in line 66 ~ 70 as a Figure. “The ingots which had an initial outer diameter of 70 mm were hot extrusion down to sheets with a final thickness of 10 mm in one step at 900 ºC, and then subjected two passes cold rolling down to 2 mm. The as-rolled specimens were intermediate annealed with the temperature increase to 500 ºC for 5 min using a tube type furnace under an Ar+5% H2 mixed atmosphere and finish cold rolling with the thickness of 0.3 mm.”
Response 1: Thank you for your kind suggestion. We have revised it according to your comments as shown in Figure 1 in the revised manuscript.
Point 2: Please revise the caption in Figure 1(a) pure Cu, (2) P23, (3)P52, and (4)P100 -> (a) pure Cu, (b) P23, (c) P52, and (d) P100. It would be better to modify the caption of Figure 2 as follows. (a)(e)(i) pure Cu, (b)(f)(j) P23, (c)(g)(k) P52, (d)(h)(l) P100, respectively -> (a) pure Cu, (b) P23, (c) P52, (d) P100, respectively.
Response 2: Thank you for your careful review. We have revised it according to your comments in the revised manuscript.
Point 3: In Figure 5, it would be nice to have EBSD orientation maps on the left and grain size distributions on the right. Of course, the caption in Figure 5 should also be revised as follows. (a)(e) pure Cu, (b)(f) P23, (c)(g) P52, (d)(h) P100, respectively -> (a) pure Cu, (b) P23, (c) P52, (d) P100, respectively.
Response 3: Thank you for your kind suggestion. We have revised it according to your comments in the revised manuscript.
Point 4: It would be better to indicate the legend in Figure 7 as a complete name instead of an abbreviation.
Response 4: Thank you for your kind suggestion. We have revised Figure 7 according to your comments in the revised manuscript.
Point 5: Please consider adding test results for mechanical properties on pure Cu, P23, P52, and P100 specimens. Explain LAGBs in abstract.
Response 5: Thank you for your kind suggestion. We have revised it and marked in red in abstract in the revised manuscript.
Author Response File: Author Response.pdf
Round 2
Reviewer 3 Report
I checked the revised manuscript.
