Refractory metal plates with improved uniformity of texture

A refractory metal plate having a center, a thickness, en edge, a top surface and a bottom surface, the refractory metal plate having a crystallographic texture as characterized by

• through thickness gradient;
• banding severity;
• and
• variation across the plate,
• for the texture components 100//ND and 111//ND using electron back-scatter diffraction with a 15 μm step in both the horizontal and vertical directions for each measurement,
• wherein the maximum through-thickness gradient is less than or equal to 13% per mm, the maximum banding severity is less than or equal to 8%, and the maximum variation across the plate is lass than or equal to 11%;
• wherein the metal plate is at least 99.95% pure refractory metal;
• and
• wherein the metal plate has a grain size that is less than 60 μm.