Rapid X-Ray Determination of a Complete Pole Figure

Abstract
The Decker, Asp, and Harker technique and the Schultz technique for obtaining pole figure x‐ray data in the transmission and back‐reflection regions, respectively, are shown to give sufficient data for a complete pole figure, with consistent intensity contours in a 15° annulus of overlap. An improved integrating specimen holder, based on the design of Geisler, was found to perform satisfactorily for transmission and back‐reflection operation. A powder method for making all‐metal sheet specimens with randomly oriented crystals is described. The use of this type of random sample for establishing background and 1X intensity levels for a corresponding textured specimen is shown to give results which are only semiquantitative when normal filtered radiation is used.