Texture Analysis

X'Pert Texture enables to perform two distinct procedures:

Texture related calculations such as:

corrections of experimental pole figures

ODF construction

calculation of standard and inverse pole figures

Graphical representation of data and results.

Note:
X'Pert Data Collector can be used for display and analysis (peak position, FWHM) of 2q/w, y and f scans. 2q/w (Gonio) scans can be analyzed more extensively in X'Pert Graphics.

Pole figures and correction data are measured using X'Pert Data Collector and then export the data as *.rw1 and *.cor files using X'Pert Organizer. All pole figures can be displayed in 1D or 2D mode in Pole Figure View. To display either "2.5" or 3D graphs, the f step size must not be less than 0.4o (no limitation for y step).

Recommended reading:

H.P. Klug, L.E. Alexander, X-ray Diffraction Procedures for Polycrystalline & Amorphous materials, (J. Wiley & Sons Inc, New York, 1974), p. 709.

R. Jenkins, R.L. Snyder, Introduction to X-ray Powder Diffractometry, (J. Wiley & Sons Inc, New York, 1996), p 85.

H.J. Bunge, Texture Analysis in Materials Science. Mathematical Methods, (Cuvillier Verlag, Göttingen, 1993).