A Smoothing Filter for Misorientation Mapping Obtained by EBSD

Electron backscatter diffraction in conjunction with scanning electron microscopy is used to assess local misorientation. However,measurementerrorscausethedistributionofmisorientationtobe scattered.Toreducetheerrorsinlocalmisorientationidentificationandobtainasmoothmap,adataprocessingprocedureisproposed.Bytakingtheaverageofthecrystalorientationofsurroundingpoints,thedistributionofthe local misorientation became smoother and clearer. Moreover, the obtained local misorientation was shown to be valid for quantitativelyevaluating the degree of plastic strain induced in Type 316 stainless steel. [doi:10.2320/matertrans.MAW201005](Received April 8, 2010; Accepted May 12, 2010; Published August 25, 2010)Keywords: electron backscatter diffraction, crystal orientation, misorientation, filter, plastic strain