Quantitative evaluations of microstructural factors by neutron diffraction for cold rolled austenitic stainless steels

Suzuki, Hiroshi  

Cold rolled stainless steels show anisotropic mechanical properties which are dependent on texture, substructure (dislocation structure and density) and intergranular stresses and hence it is expected to determine these microstructural factors as macroscopically averaged values. Neutron diffraction enables us to measure these values for cm-ordered bulky specimens. In this study, texture measurements and profile analysis were simultaneously performed to determine the above microstructural factors by an angler dispersion neutron diffraction method for two stainless steels.