Abstract
The vector method of quantitative texture analysis provides a new solution of the problem of normalizing incomplete experimental pole figures. It basically makes use of the fact that the matrix σ*(hkl) to which the corresponding matrix σ(hkl) reduces in case of: (1) axial symmetry in terms of pole figures; or (2) fiber textures in terms of orientations, is full range. In this case σ*(hkl) actually establishes the correspondence between the axial symmetrical direct pole figure and the corresponding inverse pole figure with respect to the normal ON of the sample.