Neutron diffraction measurements of the residual intergranular strains gene
rated by uniaxial plastic deformations of + 5.6 and - 6.0% in samples of In
conel-600 are presented as strain pole-figures for the (111), (002), (220),
and (113) reflections of the face-centered cubic structure. The results ag
ree with earlier unusual results obtained for Inconel-600 and also show tha
t the intergranular strains change sign when the sign of the plastic deform
ation is reversed. The results provide a test of the elasto-plastic self-co
nsistent model with which they are critically compared. Published by Elsevi
er Science S.A.