Formation of Kikuchi bands in EBSD

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Incident beam Specimen (tilted 70°) Phosphor screen Diffusely scattered electrons Planes (hkl) Normal g Bragg directions k, k′ Kossel cones Kikuchi lines Plane trace

Phosphor screen (seen from the specimen)

Pattern centre PC Plane trace (band centre) Impacts of k, k′ Kikuchi lines Zone axis [uvw]

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