The changes in hardness, elastic modulus and bending deflection with rolling reduction and with low-temperature annealing of nickel-silver were measured on the specimens cut parallel and transverse to the rolling direction of the sheet, and the results were considered in relation to the rolling structure. The anisotropies become more remarkable as the rolling reduction exceeds 50 per cent, and, in this region, the measured values are always higher in the transverse than in the other direction. This may be due to the development of the rolling texture and to the appearance of the flaw-like strain markings in the transverse direction. The low-temperature annealing makes the values of hardness and elastic modulus increase, and the maximum values are, in either case, obtained by heat-treatment at 350℃. Also, the larger the rolling reduction is, the higher the increasing ratio becomes. The change in hardness due to low-temperature annealing is larger as the grain size reduces, whereas the change in elasticity is hardly affected by the grain size. The anneal-hardening at each temperature does not show the two-stage hardening which has been observed in α-brass sheet, but shows a simple and smooth process. No difference in microstructure can be observed between as cold-rolled and as anneal-hardened state, although, in the previous work on α-brass, some structural changes thought to be a kind of polygonization were recognized after low-temperature annealing. The results of bending test correspond with those of elastic modulus
