Choosing EBSD Step Size

In this video, we explain the factors that affect the choice of measurement step size when designing electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) analyses. The step size will affect the quality and nature of the results from your analyses and the correct choice will depend strongly on what you want to measure. Here we discuss the correct step size to use when you want to measure different microstructural parameters, such as the grain size, intragranular deformation structures or the texture (crystallographic preferred orientation), using examples in both our AZtec acquisition platform and the new AZtecCrystal data processing software.