Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 January 2013
A method is presented for correction of integrated X-ray intensities for preferred orientation of crystallites in a spinning specimen. It is based upon direct integration of the data obtainable from pole distribution of a single crystallographic plane. This pole distribution can be determined from measurements on a texture goniometer or, in special cases, from an ω-scan or from intensities of all reflections measured on a powder diffractometer only. The method was tested on four samples of magnesium and magnesium cadmium alloys and applied to hexagonal BN and α-Ti(N) surface layers. The method was developed with regard to application in phase analysis and thin film studies.