Preferred crystallographic orientation in mature and juvenile wood

Author(s):  
Jan T. Bonarski ◽  
Wieslaw Olek

Investigations of the crystallograpically organized regions of mature and juvenile Scots pine wood were performed. Experimental methods of X-ray diffraction were applied. Incomplete pole figures were measured, in order to calculate the orientation distribution function. The differences in the texture of the mature and juvenile wood were determined. The traditional concept of the mean microfibril angle was enhanced by developing the misorientation parameters. Evident differences in the space arrangement of cellulose of the both zones of wood were identified and described.

2005 ◽  
Vol 495-497 ◽  
pp. 719-724
Author(s):  
R.E. Bolmaro ◽  
B. Molinas ◽  
E. Sentimenti ◽  
A.L. Fourty

Some ancient metallic art craft, utensils, silverware and weapons are externally undistinguishable from modern ones. Not only the general aspect and shape but also some uses have not changed through the ages. Moreover, when just some small pieces can be recovered from archaeological sites, the samples can not easily be ascribed to any known use and consequently identified. It is clear that mechanical processing has changed along history but frequently only a "microscopic" inspection can distinguish among different techniques. Some bronze samples have been collected from the Quarto d’Altino (Veneto) archaeological area in Italy (paleovenetian culture) and some model samples have been prepared by a modern artisan. The sample textures have been measured by X-ray Diffraction techniques. (111), (200) and (220) pole figures were used to calculate Orientation Distribution Functions and further recalculate pole figures and inverse pole figures. The results were compared with modern forging technology results. Textures are able to discern between hammering ancient techniques for sheet production and modern industrial rolling procedures. However, as it is demonstrated in the present work, forgery becomes difficult to detect if the goldsmith, properly warned, proceeds to erase the texture history with some hammering post-processing. The results of this contribution can offer to the archaeologists the opportunity to take into consideration the texture techniques in order to discuss the origin (culture) of the pieces and the characteristic mechanical process developed by the ancient artisan. Texture can also help the experts when discussing the originality of a certain piece keeping however in mind the cautions indicated in this publication.


1989 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Shimizu ◽  
J. Harase ◽  
K. Ohta

In an attempt to investigate the accuracy of the vector method for crystal texture analysis, a comparison has been made between the inversion result of the pole figure made by X-ray studies using the VM and the inversion result of the pole figure made by ECP. A comparison has been made between the inversion by the pole figure generated by direct measurement of orientations by ECP and the actual orientation distribution (measured by ECP) displayed in the same mode. The materials studied were recrystallized Fe–3% Si and Fe–50% Ni. The main findings were:• In the mean intensities of each individual Box, the inversion results of pole figures made from orientations determined by ECP were in good agreement with the inversion from (100) pole figures made by X-ray or actual orientation distribution (made by ECP) displayed in the same mode as the vector method.• For Fe–3% Si, quite a good agreement was obtained between the results inverted from X-ray pole figure and the direct measurement by ECP for the intensity distribution of minor texture component along ζ angle. It was concluded from these investigations that the inversion of the pole figure by the vector method is accurate enough for most practical purposes.


2005 ◽  
Vol 495-497 ◽  
pp. 983-988
Author(s):  
N.Yu. Ermakova ◽  
Nikolay Y. Zolotorevsky ◽  
Yuri Titovets

The method is described which enables to determine the microtexture that is the orientation distribution within individual grains of a polycrystal. The microtexture is evaluated on the base of X-ray pole distributions measured for separate reflections, referred to as microscopic pole figures (MPF). The procedure for treatment of experimental MPF and the following computation of orientation distribution function is described in detail. Precision of the microtexture evaluation and possible ways of its improvement are discussed. As an example of the method application, orientation distribution within a single grain of aluminum polycrystal deformed by uniaxial compression up to 50% has been examined.


1993 ◽  
Vol 20 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 165-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Penelle ◽  
T. Baudin

The Orientation Distribution Function (O.D.F.) calculation is usually performed using pole figures measured by X-ray or neutron diffraction. However, this kind of experimental technique does not allow to determine a total ODF since the odd terms of the series expansion are not directly accessible from pole figures. The individual orientation measurement technique can be used but it is necessary to estimate the right orientation number necessary to calculate a statistically reliable ODF. For samples at the surface, at the fifth of the thickness from the surface and at the centre of a Fe 3% Si sheet, the present study shows that only 100 orientations are sufficient to find the main components of the texture but this number must be increased by a factor 10 to evaluate with a rather good accuracy the height of the peaks. In the case of a titanium alloy so called TA6V 350 orientations appear to be sufficient.


2006 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 502-508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter R. Morris

The problem of obtaining the Voigt average for the elastic stiffnesses with texture-describing weight functions has been solved for triclinic crystal and physical symmetries. The average is obtained by expanding theTijklmnpq, which relate the elastic stiffnesses in the rotated reference frame, c^{\,\prime}_{ijkl}, to those of the principal elastic stiffnesses,cmnpq, in generalized spherical harmonics, multiplying by the orientation distribution function and integrating over all orientations. The condition imposed to assure a unique expansion results in the absence of terms with oddL, so that the results are completely determinable from conventional X-ray pole figures. This is the most general case, from which all higher-symmetry solutions may be obtained by application of symmetry operations. The Reuss average for elastic compliances may be obtained in a similar fashion.


2004 ◽  
Vol 19 (11) ◽  
pp. 3414-3422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob L. Jones ◽  
Elliott B. Slamovich ◽  
Keith J. Bowman

Preferred orientation in textured ceramics is often assessed by comparing the relative intensities of x-ray diffraction reflections to those of a randomly oriented ceramic using the Lotgering degree of orientation (f). However, this paper provides evidence that indiscriminate assessments of f can be misleading. Using measured intensities of a modestly textured tape cast bismuth titanate (Na0.5Bi4.5Ti4O15) ceramic, calculated f values vary from 7.4 to 73.2% depending on the reflections included in the calculation. The texture is also quantified by calculating the orientation distribution function (ODF) using measured pole figures. A model is then presented that demonstrates f is nonlinear with the multiple of preferred (00l)-orientations, the standard unit of the 00l pole figure.


1986 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 265-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. J. Bunge

The crystallographic orientation distribution and the geometrical lamellae orientation distribution in lamellar eutectics are, in general, not independent of each other. The combined orientation-lamellae distribution function depends on five angular parameters. X-ray diffraction in such eutectics may exhibit an anisotropic macroscopic absorption factor if the penetration depth of the X-rays is large compared with their planar size. As a consequence, the reflected X-ray intensity may depend on a third angle γ, i.e. a rotation of the sample about the diffraction vector s additionally to the usual pole figure angles α, β which describe the orientation of the diffraction vector s with respect to the sample coordinate system. It is thus necessary to measure three-dimensional generalized pole figures instead of conventional two-dimensional ones.


1997 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 443-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. D. Wang ◽  
L. Zuo ◽  
Z. D. Liang ◽  
C. Laruelle ◽  
A. Vadon ◽  
...  

A method to obtain the orientation distribution function (ODF) of a polycrystalline material directly from X-ray diffraction spectra is presented. It uses the maximum-texture-entropy assumption to reduce the diffraction data needed for the ODF analysis. The validity of this new method is illustrated through two model examples.


2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 751-758 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerome Alteyrac

ABSTRACTFour stands of 28-year-old radiata pine (Pinus radiata D. Don) grown in the eighth region (Biobio) of Chile were sampled to determine the effect of tree spacing on the microfibril angle. The samples were taken at two different stem levels of the tree, 2.5 m and 7.5 m, with increment strip taken in the Nothern direction. The four experimental stands were characterized by the following spacing 2x2, 2x3, 3x4 and 4x4. The microfibril angle was measured by X-ray diffraction with the SilviScan technology at the FP-Innovation-Paprican Division in Vancouver, Canada. The results showed a significant effect of tree spacing on the microfibril angle in both juvenile wood and mature wood as well as at the two stem levels considered. The minimum (9.42º) was reached in 2x2 stand at 7.5 m in mature wood, while maximum microfibril angle (24.54º) was obtained in 2x3 stand at 2.5 m in juvenile wood. Regarding the effect of tree spacing, 4x4 stand had the lowest microfibril angle,except in mature wood at 7.5 m where 4x4 had the highest microfibril angle (11°) of the four stands.


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