“…In principle, changes in acoustic birefringence can result from several different physical phenomena: texture evolution due to plastic deformation, 30,31,33,34,37,41,[46][47][48] applied or residual stresses, 41,46-48 phase transformation, 27 and formation of oriented defects. 30,48 With regard to this study, we are guided by the following considerations. Acoustic birefringence was measured on the specimens in the stress-free state.…”