Because polycrystalline materials are affected by various external conditions such as force, heat, electricity and magnetism, or by different processing technologies after formation, the grains in the polycrystal aggregate will be arranged in some directions, showing more or less statistical uneven distribution, that is, the probability of orientation increases in some directions, which is called preferred orientation, The organization structure with this preferential orientation and the state of regular aggregation arrangement.
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