Comparison of X-ray and electron backscatter diffraction textures for back-annealed Al–Mg alloys

The potential of electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) to determine integral macrotexture data is explored by comparing EBSD-derived textures with standard X-ray textures for the Al–Mg alloy AA 5005 in the cold-rolled and various back-annealed states. In particular, the effect of EBSD filtering tools and the impact of sampling step size on the statistical significance of EBSD data are investigated.