On the method of obtaining the residual stress, stacking fault probability and other parameters from an analysis of peak shifts of several Bragg peaks

Values of fault probabilities, lattice parameter and residual stress in deformed specimens are sometimes obtained from positions of several peaks in a standard diffraction pattern. In the light of recent results on the effects of macro- and micro-stresses on peak positions, it is shown that this procedure is often inadequate and an alternative method is suggested.