Although EBSD is essentially a surface measurement technique, strategies have been developed to extend its capabilities to the char-acterisation of microstructure in three dimensions. These developments have been able to be realised because of advances in both EBSD technology and computing power have rendered the collection of large data sets a routine matter. There are several scientific motiv...

The microtexture of differently prepared Ba-hexaferrite samples is investigated by means of electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD). Kikuchi patterns are obtained with a high image quality, enabling a spatial resolution of the EBSD maps of about 20 nm. The spatially highly resolved EBSD mappings provide additional information (individual grain orientation, misorientation angles, grain size dist...

the study of nucleation mechanism of new grains during severe plastic deformation of magnesium alloys is of great importance to control the characteristics of final microstructures.  to investigate the role of discontinuous recrystallization, a wrought az31 magnesium alloy was deformed by accumulative back extrusion process at 330 °c.  the obtained microstructures were studied using optical and...

We have studied the nucleation and growth processes in a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) diamond film using a tomographic electron backscattering diffraction method (3D EBSD). The approach is based on the combination of a focused ion beam (FIB) unit for serial sectioning in conjunction with high-resolution EBSD. Individual diamond grains were investigated in 3-dimensions particularly with regar...

Microstructure reconstructions resulting from diffraction contrast tomography data of polycrystalline bulk strontium titanate were reinvestigated by means of electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) characterization. Corresponding two-dimensional grain maps from the two characterization methods were aligned and compared, focusing on the spatial resolution at the internal interfaces. The compared...