EBSD is a technique which allows crystallographic information to be obtained from samples in the scanning electron microscope. In EBSD a stationary electron beam strikes a tilted crystalline sample and the diffracted electrons form a (Kikuchi) pattern on a fluorescent screen. This pattern is characteristic of the crystal structure and orientation of the sample region from which it was generated. The diffraction pattern can be used to measure the crystal orientation, measure grain boundary misorientations, discriminate between different materials, and provide information about ...