Complete pole figure measurement using only back-reflection method with imaging plate and application to three-dimensional analysis of texture

Complete pole figure measurement using only a back-reflection method with a n imaging plate (IP) was attempted. In our method, complete pole figures we re obtained using only the back-reflection method without the use of a tran smission method. In particular, the complete pole figure theoretically is o btained when its diffraction angle 2 theta is 90 degrees. In the cases of o ther 2 theta values, the complete pole figure is obtained by measuring two incomplete pole figures by the back-reflection method and combining them. S uch incomplete pole figures could be simultaneously measured by means of th e two-dimensional detection ability of IPs. In addition, the correction of X-ray diffraction intensity to compensate the deviation from the pseudofocu sing condition was not needed in our method, unlike Schulz's back-reflectio n method. Pole density data obtained from our complete pole figures were ef fectively applied to three-dimensional analysis of the texture of a dual-ph ase stainless steel sheet. Crystallite orientation distribution functions ( ODFs) of each phase were obtained.