Problems in determining the misorientation axes, for small angular misorientations, using electron backscatter diffraction in the SEM

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 217-225

  Prior, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Backscatter diffraction; Backscatter Kikuchi diffraction; BKD; EBSP; Electron backscatter diffraction EBSD; Electron backscattering patterns; Misorientation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ELECTRONS;

BACKSCATTER DIFFRACTION; BACKSCATTER KIKUCHI DIFFRACTIONS; BKD; EBSP; ELECTRON BACK SCATTER DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON BACKSCATTER DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON BACKSCATTER DIFFRACTION ELECTRON BACKSCATTER DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON BACKSCATTERING PATTERNS; MISORIENTATIONS;

BACKSCATTERING;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AXIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION;

EID: 0032845536     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1999.00572.x     Document Type: Article

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