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Orientation relationship of Widmannstätten plates in an iron meteorite measured with high‐energy synchrotron radiation
Author(s) -
Bunge Hans Joachim,
Weiss Wolfgang,
Klein Helmut,
Wcislak Leszek,
Garbe Ulf,
Schneider Jochen Richard
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of applied crystallography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.429
H-Index - 162
ISSN - 1600-5767
DOI - 10.1107/s0021889802021386
Subject(s) - desy , synchrotron radiation , beamline , orientation (vector space) , optics , iron meteorite , materials science , high energy x rays , meteorite , range (aeronautics) , physics , synchrotron radiation source , geometry , astronomy , beam (structure) , composite material , mathematics
The orientation distribution of the Widmannstätten plates was measured in a sample of the Gibeon iron–nickel meteorite. The measurements were made with high‐energy synchrotron radiation at beamline BW5 at HASYLAB/DESY in Hamburg using a high‐resolution `moving‐detector' technique. The measurements reveal a continuous range of orientations stretching out from both sides of the Nishiyama–Wassermann orientation to the Kurdjumov–Sachs orientations, as well as a minor `spread‐pipe' between the Kurdjumov–Sachs ends of neighbouring non‐coplanar orientation variants.