The damage nucleation of a duplex stainless steel is investigated. Electron
Back Scatter Diffraction (EBSD) technique is used to correlate local phase
morphology with crystallographic properties. In situ tensile tests are per
formed to characterize strain fields and to monitor sites of damage nucleat
ion. These observations are correlated with crystallographic orientations a
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