On the Use of EBSD to Study the Heterogeneity of Plastic Deformation

This paper deals with the study of plastic heterogeneity. It aims to study the role of both grain size and orientation distributions in the development of such heterogeneity. The considered material is an IF steel. EBSD maps have been made on the same areas before and after several degrees of extension. Parameters such as GOS (Grain Orientation Spread) or GOS/D (D the diameter of the grain) or GND (Geometrically Necessary Dislocation) densities have been determined for the whole set of grains as well as for subpopulations (smallest grains, largest grains for example). It appears that the character of neighboring grains plays a more important role than any of these parameters alone.