T. Kruml et al., DEFORMATION MICROSTRUCTURES IN NI-3(AL, HF), Materials science & engineering. A, Structural materials: properties, microstructure and processing, 240, 1997, pp. 174-179
The dislocation structures resulting from compression tests on Ni-3 (A
l, I-If) single crystals are studied as a function of the deformation
temperature between 77 and 900 K. Mechanical parameters are also repor
ted, such as the 0.2% offset stress, the work-hardening coefficient, t
he microscopic activation volume and the dislocation exhaustion rate.
The two latter parameters are measured using repeated load relaxation
experiments. It is shown that the microstructural features are qualita
tively similar to those reported for other Ni3Al compounds: Kear Wilsd
orf locks are observed in the temperature domain which corresponds to
the strength anomaly, the peak temperature seems to be associated with
the occurrence of cube slip. Therefore, the spectacular strengthening
due to I-If additions is discussed in terms of other parameters of th
e dislocation structure such as the complex stacking fault energy. (C)
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