Materials Science Forum, Vol.443-4, 137-140, 2004
Optimization of X-ray pole figure measurement
The traditionally applied registration method of the back-reflection pole figure is based on the equiangular measurement lattice. It determines also the equiangular character of presentation of measurement results in form of stereographic projection, termed as the pole figure. The mentioned registration mode is characterized by an unequal density of the measurement points on the pole figure. It is the evident disadvantage of the traditional registration mode. In order to eliminate the drawback, and to increase the efficiency of the measurement procedure, an optimization of the registration method was made. The optimization consists in dividing a reference sphere of the stereographical projection into uniform regions, so called equal solid angles (ESA). As a result of the applied optimization, over 40% reduction in number of the measurement points and in the registration time at preserved pole figure quality was obtained. For verification of the new solution, a set of experimental pole figures of cold rolled copper by the traditional mode as well as the introduced ESA one was recorded. Comparison of the results of texture analysis based on the orientation distribution function was carried out. The results of measurements performed by the ESA method confirm the efficiency of the introduced optimization.