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/m 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), (10i0), (10il) and (10i3)/(110)) were measured; additionally the orientation distribution function of iron and zinc were calculated.