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Prior to electrodeposition, the steel sheets were polished with each method such as emery paper, buff and electrolytic polishing, and Zn deposition was performed galvanostatically at 1500 A/m 2 in an agitated sulfate solution at 40 °C to investigate the effect of surface textures of steel sheets on the crystal orientation of Zn. The strain of steel surface and the degree of decrease in grain size of Fe by the strain were largest with emery paper polishing, and were larger in the order with buff polishing, polishing-free, and were smallest with electrolytic polishing. The preferred orientation of the {0001} Zn basal plane of the hcp structure was largest with electrolytic polishing, and was larger in the order with polishing-free, buff polishing, and was smallest with emery paper polishing. That is, the preferred orientation of the {0001} Zn increased with decreasing the strain of steel sheets and increasing the grain size of Fe. With electrolytic polishing, since the strain of steel sheets decreased and the grain size of Fe increased, the epitaxial growth of deposited Zn was easy to occur. The initial Zn deposits seems to grow epitaxially according to the orientation relationship of {111}Fe//{0001}Zn because the preferred orientation of the steel substrate used in this study is {111} Fe. The preferred orientation of the {0001} Zn seems to increase under the conditions where the epitaxial growth of deposited Zn is easy to occur.

Prior to electrodeposition, steel sheets underwent polishing using emery paper, buff, and then electrolytic polishing. Zn deposition was performed galvanostatically at 1 500 A/m 2 in an agitated sulfate solution at 40°C to investigate the effect of the surface textures of steel sheets on the crystal orientation of Zn. The strain of the steel surface and the decrease in Fe grain size due to this strain were largest with emery paper polishing, then with buff polishing, then when unpolished, and were smallest after electrolytic polishing. The preferred orientation of the {0001} Zn basal plane of the hcp structure was largest with electrolytic polishing, and decreased in the following order: unpolished, buff polishing, and then with emery paper polishing. Thus, the preference of the {0001} orientation of Zn increased with decreasing the strain of steel sheets and increasing the grain size of Fe. With electrolytic polishing, the strain applied to the steel sheets was decreased, the grain size of Fe increased, and therefore the epitaxial growth of deposited Zn occurred easily. The initial Zn deposits appeared to grow epitaxially as indicated by the orientation relationship of {111}Fe//{0001}Zn because the preferred orientation of the steel substrate used in this study is {111} Fe. The preferred orientation of {0001} Zn seems to be more common under conditions where the epitaxial growth of deposited Zn is easy to occur.