The texture evolution of Cr-Al ferritic stainless steel during annealing treatment was observed.The recrystallization behavior and texture evolution were characterized by EBSD technique and analyzed quantitatively using HKL Channel.The plastic-strain ratio r value was tested.The results indicate that most of the recrystallization process occurs with annealing time less than 10 min.The recrystallization fraction is increased from 3.5%to89% with annealing time from 2min to 10 min.When further holding treatment

the recrystallization behavior keeps stable.The texture is mainly{hkl}<110>type when annealing time is less than 10 min

and it is{111}<uvw>type with annealing time more than 10 min.The r vale reaches the peak value of 1.27 when annealing time is 30 min

exhibiting the desirable formability.