ABSTRACT
The great majority of all technologically used materials are polycrystalline. Since the individual crystallite is anisotropic, grain orientation and its statistical distribution, that is; the texture, has an important influence on materials properties. This is the motivation for almost all applications of texture analysis in the industry. The second important aspect is texture formation processes that take place during the production of the material and sometimes also during service of the material in a technological product. These two aspects are considered in this chapter from a general point of view as well as with some selected examples.
