Z. Horita et al., CHANNELING-ENHANCED MICROANALYSIS USING [111]-ZONE-AXIS AND [001]-ZONE-AXIS BEAM INCIDENCE FOR L1(2)-TYPE NI-3(AL,TA), Philosophical magazine. A. Physics of condensed matter. Structure, defects and mechanical properties, 75(1), 1997, pp. 153-167
Site occupancy has been determined using the channelling-enhanced micr
oanalysis for a Ni-3(Al,Ta) intermetallic compound with the Ll(2)-type
crystal structure. It is shown that there is a large scattering of da
ta points for [001] beam incidence compared with [111] beam incidence.
The reasons for this difference are examined by simulating channellin
g electron distribution on the Al and Ni columns. It is concluded that
the large scattering for the [001] beam incidence is due to the indis
tinguishable difference between channelling electron intensities on th
e Al and Ni columns.