Materials and components properties are significantly influenced by an inherent or applied preferred orientation, or texture, which can be non-destructively investigated by X-ray diffraction methods.
DIFFRAC.TEXTURE is the powerful and easy-to-use software suite designed to analyze texture measurements. By utilizing a systematic approach to analysis according to a flowchart, DIFFRAC.TEXTURE delivers comprehensive texture information with just a few mouse-clicks.
DIFFRAC.TEXTURE features two well established and complementary techniques to provide the most accurate and reliable results: the model independent Spherical Harmonics methods and the model dependent Component Method.
With the implementation of the latter in DIFFRAC.TEXTURE, all crystal systems are now supported and the variety of sample symmetries ensures that a huge diversity of textures can be handled.
The generation of pole figures from measured data has never been easier. DIFFRAC.TEXTURE can import data measured with 0D, 1D or 2D detectors and instantly create pole figures with single click operation either from selected angular regions (1D) or directly from 2D frame stacks via a single frame-cursor selection.
DIFFRAC.TEXTURE comes with a comprehensive crystal structure database that allows linking of pole figures to the corresponding hkl reflections with the least effort. Overlapping signals from different phases can be easily assigned to facilitate data analysis.
DIFFRAC.TEXTURE features two complementary and powerful analysis methods that deliver accurate and reliable results:
The model-independent Spherical Harmonics method directly calculates the Orientation Distribution Function (ODF) from pole figures with a single mouse-click.
The Component method is a model-based approach that fits a set of texture components to the pole figures using fast and robust least-squares optimization.
DIFFRAC.TEXTURE includes powerful tools and options for a more detailed analysis of the obtained textures:
The Spherical Harmonics method is a model-free approach and the method of choice if the orientation distribution function is of primary interest.
The ODF is directly calculated from a series expansion of the measured pole figures using a set of special functions defined on the surface of a sphere – the generalized spherical harmonics.
The advantage of the method is that it provides texture results in form of the ODF in a fast and simple way without requiring much prior sample knowledge.
The Component method is a model-based approach: The texture is modelled by a set of components that describe the orientation, crystal and process symmetry of a part of the sample [1]. From these texture components the corresponding pole figures are calculated.
The parameters of the components are then refined by fitting the simulated pole figures against the measured ones using robust least-squares optimization.
The Component method provides a deeper insight into the texture: the process symmetry of a texture component links the manufacturing and processing of the sample to the measured pole figures.
Version | The current software version is V4.1 |
Analytical methods |
0D, 1D and 2D data reduction Pole Figure Auto Indexing Spherical Harmonics Component Fitting |
Operating system |
Windows 8, 8.1 and 10 (32-bit or 64-bit) |