1998 年 64 巻 620 号 p. 1120-1127
The state of texture in polycrystalline materials can be understood through a pole figure, which is measured by the X-ray diffraction technique. In this study, a method to measure the pole figure with imaging plate (IP) was proposed. IP as a two dimensional detector can measure the entire Debye-Scherrer ring, and pole density distribution of multi direction can be recorded on the Debye-Scherrer ring at the same time. Moreover, if two or more Debye-Scherrer rings are recorded on an IP, two or more pole figures can be obtained at one measurement. The measurement of the pole figure using IP has the possibility to become more efficient than the measurement by conventional method. In conventional method, X-ray device which equipped with Schulz's goniometer and a pulse-counter is used. The measurement device which adopted this method was made, and the pole figure of a textured rolled aluminum sheet was measured. Finally, the measurement accuracy of this method was proven by comparing pole figures which had been obtained by this method and a conventional method.