Applied Physics Letters · 1996 · 1.3K citations · 0 references
Natural SciencesMaterials EngineeringMaterials ScienceMaterials CharacterizationMetallurgySolid State PhysicsCrystallographyDislocation MechanicsMicrostructure AnalysisStrain AnalysisX-ray CrystallographyX-ray DiffractionDislocation CharacterizationDislocation DensityDislocation PhysicsDislocationsHigh-resolution X-ray DiffractionInstrumental Line BroadeningLine Broadening MechanismsX-ray Diffraction Strain Analysis
The x-ray line profiles of an ultrafine grained copper crystal, produced by equal-channel angular pressing, were measured by a special high resolution diffractometer with negligible instrumental line broadening. The analysis of the line breadths and the Fourier coefficients have shown that taking into account the contrast caused by dislocations on line profiles gives new scaling factors in the Williamson–Hall plot and in the Warren–Averbach analysis, respectively. When strain is caused by dislocations the new procedure proposed here enables a straightforward determination of particle size and strain, the latter in terms of the dislocation density.