Palaeozoic hypercalcified sponges were ubiquitous Ordovician—Devonian reef builders but, despite their rich fossil record, original skeletal mineralogy and microstructure remain poorly understood. This study provides the first application of electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) to analyse structure Silurian Devonian stromatoporoids. The two stromatoporoid taxa selected are typical stromatopo...

This paper outlines an approach for investigating the aspects of mechanical deformation which are relevant to intergranular stress corrosion cracking. Mechanical testing, electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD), and optical microscopy are used to investigate the difference in mechanical behavior between solutionized, lightly sensitized (1 hour at 600 C), and heavily sensitized (50 hours at 600 ...

The grain boundary character distribution (GBCD) of a fully-orthorhombic (O) Ti–25Al–24Nb (at.%) microstructure was investigated using electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD). The fine-grained (GS=17 lm) equiaxed microstructure was processed by hot forging and hot-rolling operations performed below the body-centered cubic (bcc) phase transus temperature followed by heat treatment in the O-phase...

A method for automatically aligning consecutive datasets of large, two-dimensional multi-tile electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) scans with high accuracy was developed. The method involves first locating grain and phase boundaries within search regions containing overlapping data in adjacent scan tiles, and subsequently using cross-correlation algorithms to determine the relative position ...

The grain orientation of 001 and 111 -oriented magnetite thin films grown on MgO substrates film thickness of 100–400 nm is analyzed by means of the electron-backscatter diffraction EBSD technique. The 001 surface after a short annealing in air 1 min, 250 °C is characterized by the presence of tiny diameter of 100–200 nm misoriented islands, which have an influence on the antiferromagnetic coup...

Cold rolled sheet metal often used in laser forming exhibits anisotropic properties, which are mostly caused by preferred orientations of grains developed during the severe plastic deformation. In present study, the textures of cold-rolled mild steel sheets are characterized and the influence of the plastic anisotropy on laser forming process is investigated. Deformation textures are measured i...

We investigate the formation of microscopic patterns in a copper single crystal deformed in a shear experiment. Using high-resolution electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) imaging, we find a band-like microstructure consisting of confined areas in the sample with rotated lattice. Digital image correlation (DIC) allows us to exactly determine the macroscopic state of deformation of the sample....

Cold-rolled sheet metal that is often used in laser forming exhibits anisotropic properties, which are mostly caused by preferred orientations of grains developed during the severe plastic deformation such as cold rolling. In the present study, the textures of cold-rolled mild steel sheets are characterized and the influence of the plastic anisotropy on laser forming process is investigated. De...