Concluding Remarks

Abstract

So far, the 3DXRD microscope has mainly been applied to fundamental studies in metallurgy. As demonstrated in Chap. 9, the method is sufficiently mature to answer a range of basic questions which cannot be addressed directly in any other way. The ultimate aim for this type of research is a complete in situ characterization of the microstructural dynamics for a given specimen during a series of deformation and annealing steps. It is too early to draw conclusions about the feasibility of such studies. However, some major milestones can be identified: 6D reconstructions of deformed materials, and an improvement of the spatial resolution of both 2D detectors and slits. ...