Texture Analysis of a Zinc Layer on a Steel Substrate Using Neutron Diffraction

Abstract

This paper describes the application of neutron diffraction to investigate the texture of a zinc layer 8 μm in thickness. In a nondestructive way both the texture of the zinc layer as well as the texture of the steel substrate were studied. Therefore, pole figures of iron ( ( 110 ) , ( 200 ) and ( 211 ) ) and of zinc ( ( 0002 ) , ( 10 1 ¯ 0 ) , ( 10 1 ¯ 1 ) ; and ( 10 1 ¯ 3 ) / ( 11 2 ¯ 0 ) ) were measured; additionally the orientation distribution function of iron and zinc were calculated.