Quantitative Pole Figures for Sheet Material by the Reflection Technique

A method is described for obtaining quantitative pole figures for sheet material by the use of the reflection technique only. Seven different sections of the sample are used for obtaining the data for one quadrant of the pole figure which makes it possible to obtain adequate resolution of very close reflections. One section is prepared from a single piece of the sheet. The other six sections are made up of a number of small pieces of the sheet mounted in a jig in order to form a plane surface at an angle of 45° or 90° to the surface of the sheet. These jigs are mounted on a special table for the modified Schulz reflection specimen holder. Intensity data are obtained automatically for a number of different positions on the pole figure defined by φ and α. The method of plotting this intensity data is shown which results in quantitative pole figures with contour intensity lines.