Use of the generalized spherical harmonic model for describing crystallographic texture in polycrystalline NiTi shape-memory alloy with time-of-flight neutron powder diffraction data

Sitepu, H.; Schmahl, Wolfgang W. and Dreele, R. B. von (2002): Use of the generalized spherical harmonic model for describing crystallographic texture in polycrystalline NiTi shape-memory alloy with time-of-flight neutron powder diffraction data. In: Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing, Vol. 74, No. SUPPL.II: S1676-S1678

Abstract

We present a feasibility study to extract quantitative texture and precise crystal structure information of polycrystalline monoclinic NiTi shape-memory alloys from a simultaneous refinement of 52 time-of-flight neutron-diffraction patterns taken in 13 orientations in the diffractometer. The multiple-data-set capabilities and the generalized spherical harmonic texture model of the GSAS program system were employed.

• Item Type: Journal article
• Faculties: Geosciences > Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences > Crystallography and Materials Science
• Subjects: 500 Science > 550 Earth sciences and geology
• Language: English