In this paper we examine the effect on the determination of boundary length per unit area of the stepped nature of boundaries in orientation maps derived from electron back-scatter diffraction data.A correction factor is derived for isotropic microstructures.Two measures based on length per unit area for the determination of the cross-link boundary spacing in high strain deformation microstructures are then compared.A geometric method based on subtraction of the contribution to the length per area of the lamellar boundaries gives the best results,though in some cases a method based on boundary misorientation angles may be preferred.
