Determinations of particle size and strain in hexagonal (β-phase) silver–antimony alloys by the method of variance

The method of variance has been applied to some cold-worked hexagonal (β-phase) silver–antimony alloys to determine the particle size and strain values, and the values thus obtained have been compared with those from Fourier analysis of line shapes. Assuming small anisotropy, the agreement in the particle size and strain values has been found to be quite satisfactory. The low values of the effective particle sizes obtained from variance analysis along the faulted planes 101, 102 and 103 clearly indicate the influence of stacking faults which has been found to decrease with increasing solute content.