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Automated indexing for texture and strain measurement with broad-bandpass x-ray microbeams

Journal Article · · Journal of Applied Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.371507· OSTI ID:686849
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  1. Metals and Ceramics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6118 (United States)

Methods are derived for measuring local strain, stress, and crystallographic texture (orientation) in polycrystalline samples when 1{endash}10 grains are simultaneously illuminated by an energy scanable or broad-bandpass x-ray beam. The orientation and unit-cell shape for each illuminated grain can be determined from the diffracted directions of four Bragg reflections. The unit-cell volume is determined by measuring the energy (wavelength) of one reflection. The methods derived include an algorithm for simultaneously indexing the reflections from overlapping crystal Laue patterns and for determining the average strain and stress tensor of each grain. This approach allows measurements of the local strain and stress tensors which are impractical with traditional techniques. {copyright} {ital 1999 American Institute of Physics.}

OSTI ID:
686849
Journal Information:
Journal of Applied Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Applied Physics Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 86; ISSN JAPIAU; ISSN 0021-8979
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English