Quantitative texture analysis of small domains with synchrotron radiation X-rays

Quantitative analysis of crystallographic preferred orientation (texture) o f very small volumes in fine-grained polycrystalline materials has been car ried out with a monochromatic X-ray microbeam (less than or equal to 30 mu m) at the microfocus beamline of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facilit y (ESRF). The experimental procedure is described and illustrated with text ures of rolled aluminium, aluminium and steel wires, polymer fibers and nat ural bone material (apatite).