Dictionary Indexing of Electron Back-Scatter Diffraction Patterns: a Hands-On Tutorial
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Dictionary indexing of electron back-scatter patterns was recently proposed as an alternative to the commercially available indexing packages. In this tutorial paper, we describe in detail the various steps that need to be taken to successfully complete an indexing run on an arbitrary data set. We provide three toy data sets for the reader to experiment with: poly-crystalline nickel with several different acquisition conditions, orthorhombic forsterite, and a single slice from a large serial sectioning experiment on a Ni-based superalloy. The data files and all files produced by the indexing routine are made available as Supplementary Material (https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/7792505).
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OpenAlex topics: Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques · Surface and Thin Film Phenomena · X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
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