{"id":584,"date":"2023-03-14T14:40:37","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T14:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/more.bham.ac.uk\/M4X\/?page_id=584"},"modified":"2024-06-18T11:04:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T10:04:16","slug":"electron-backscatter-diffraction-ebsd","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/more.bham.ac.uk\/M4X\/techniques\/electron-backscatter-diffraction-ebsd\/","title":{"rendered":"Electron backscatter diffraction (EBD)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-spacer stk-block-spacer stk--no-padding stk-block stk-5c12886\" data-block-id=\"5c12886\"><style>.stk-5c12886{height:40px !important}<\/style><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\" id=\"attachment_290\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/more.bham.ac.uk\/M4XE\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/10\/ebsdmap-300x227.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-290\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/more.bham.ac.uk\/M4X\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/10\/ebsdmap-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/more.bham.ac.uk\/M4X\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/10\/ebsdmap-1024x775.png 1024w, https:\/\/more.bham.ac.uk\/M4X\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/10\/ebsdmap-768x581.png 768w, https:\/\/more.bham.ac.uk\/M4X\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/10\/ebsdmap-1536x1163.png 1536w, https:\/\/more.bham.ac.uk\/M4X\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/10\/ebsdmap.png 1704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Figure One<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Electron back-scatter diffraction can be used to identify the phase, crystal structure, orientation and texture of a material. A sample is placed at a 70\u00b0 angle, and an electron beam scans across its surface. The electrons undergo Bragg diffraction, and back-scatter to the detector. Kikuchi bands (stripes of detected electrons across the detector) are observed, which are characteristic of specific crystal structures at specific angles. EBSD therefore analyses the crystal structure and orientation at each point on its surface. This describes the texture of the\u00a0material, which has significant effects on its mechanical properties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-spacer stk-block-spacer stk--no-padding stk-block stk-61cf0f1\" data-block-id=\"61cf0f1\"><style>.stk-61cf0f1{height:40px !important}<\/style><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Figures<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Figure One: Example of an EBSD mapping showing grain orientations variations across the sample surface (On a W-Mn sample)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Electron back-scatter diffraction can be used to identify the phase, crystal structure, orientation and texture of a material. A sample is placed at a 70\u00b0 angle, and an electron beam scans across its surface. The electrons undergo Bragg diffraction, and back-scatter to the detector. Kikuchi bands (stripes of detected electrons across the detector) are observed, &#8230; <a title=\"Electron backscatter diffraction (EBD)\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/more.bham.ac.uk\/M4X\/techniques\/electron-backscatter-diffraction-ebsd\/\" aria-label=\"More on Electron backscatter diffraction (EBD)\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2496,"featured_media":0,"parent":49,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-584","page","type-page","status-publish"],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","ab-block-post-grid-landscape":"","ab-block-post-grid-square":""},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>Figure One Electron back-scatter diffraction can be used to identify the phase, crystal structure, orientation and texture of a material. A sample is placed at a 70\u00b0 angle, and an electron beam scans across its surface. The electrons undergo Bragg diffraction, and back-scatter to the detector. Kikuchi bands (stripes of detected electrons across the detector) are observed, which are characteristic of specific crystal structures at specific angles. EBSD therefore analyses the crystal structure and orientation at each point on its surface. This describes the texture of the\u00a0material, which has significant effects on its mechanical properties. Figures Figure One: Example of&hellip;<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"","author_info_v2":{"name":"Ross Conway","url":"https:\/\/more.bham.ac.uk\/M4X\/author\/conwayry\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/more.bham.ac.uk\/M4X\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/more.bham.ac.uk\/M4X\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/more.bham.ac.uk\/M4X\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/more.bham.ac.uk\/M4X\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2496"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/more.bham.ac.uk\/M4X\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/more.bham.ac.uk\/M4X\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":854,"href":"https:\/\/more.bham.ac.uk\/M4X\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/584\/revisions\/854"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/more.bham.ac.uk\/M4X\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/more.bham.ac.uk\/M4X\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}