Computer program ANIZC for the calculation of diffraction contrast factors of dislocations in elastically anisotropic cubic, hexagonal and trigonal crystals

The computer program ANIZC has been developed using the Pascal programming language for the calculation of diffraction contrast factors of dislocations in elastically anisotropic cubic, hexagonal and trigonal crystals. The contrast factor is obtained numerically by integrating the angular part of the distortion tensor in the slip plane. The distortion tensor is calculated by solving the sextic equation provided by the mechanical equilibrium of a single dislocation in an infinite anisotropic medium. The contrast factors can be used for the interpretation of strain anisotropy as obtained from peak profile measurements made on either single crystals, textured polycrystals or powders.