Neutron diffraction texture analysis

Due to the high transmission of neutrons for most materials, neutron diffraction is an efficient tool for the analysis of bulk textures of polycrystalline materials. The main applications are pole-figure measurements of coarse-grained materials, non-destructive measurements of identical samples at different states, investigations of unprepared natural samples, analysis of rather weak textures and the measurements of multi-phase systems. Neutron texture analysis was carried out in materials science as well as in geoscience. Recent upgrades in instrumentation allow the texture analysis al temperatures up to 1100 degrees C and the texture investigation under load.