Application of electron backscatter diffraction to the study of phase transformations: present and possible future

This paper first underlines the main advantages, use and limitations of the electron backscatter diffraction technique from the viewpoint of phase transformations. To get a deeper understanding of physical mechanisms involved in phase transformations, several evolutions are now in progress to get an insight into both three-dimensional and real-time information. Two of them, in particular, improvement of data collection versus improvement of data processing are discussed in the second part of this paper.