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Texture and Materials Properties
Material properties such as strength, stress corrosion cracking resistance and electrochemical reactivity, weldability,  deformation behavior, resistance to radiation damage, and magnetic susceptibility can be highly dependent on the material’s texture and related changes in microstructure. In many materials, development of unfavorable textures when the material is fabricated or in use can create weaknesses within grains or along grain boundaries. Parts can fail due to unfavorable textures. Failures can correlate with the crystalline textures formed during fabrication or use of that component, just as some textiles have tendencies to tear along particular weave directions or seams. [3 ]  (In fact the word “texture” originally was used to describe materials  features because of their similarities with woven textiles.)  Consequently, consideration of textures that are present in and that could form in engineered components while in use can be a critical when making decisions about the  applications of some materials and  methods employed to manufacture parts with those materials. When parts fail during use or abuse, understanding the textures that occur within those parts can be crucial to meaningful interpretion of failure analysis data.