Quantitative microdiffraction from deformed crystals with unpaired dislocations and dislocation walls

Abstract

This article describes how unpaired dislocations alter white-beam Laue patterns for either isolated dislocations, dislocation walls, or combinations of dislocation walls and isolated dislocations. The intensity distribution of Laue diffraction is analyzed as a function of local misorientation. We show how to quantitatively determine the dislocation structure of single crystals and polycrystals with plastic deformation. The technique is applied to interpret the complicated plastic–elastic field in an iridium weld sample.