USE OF AXIS DISTRIBUTION CHARTS TO REPRESENT SHEET TEXTURES

The use of axis charts for representing the texture of cold-rolled thorium sheet was compared with conventional pole figures. Four texture components were deduced from the axis charts and shown to be consistent with the pole figures. It was shown that consideration of the pole figures alone could lead to an apparent component which is the average of two actually present. It was shown that the spread about the "ideal" textures and the amount of material associated with each could be readily obtained from the axis chart method. (auth)