A method is presented to determine the shape of the average precipitate fro
m anisotropic small-angle scattering patterns from single crystalline alloy
s during decomposition. The form factor squared of an average precipitate i
s described by an analytical expression with a single parameter, the morpho
logy parameter a, to account for changes from spherical to cuboidal shape.
The method is applied to microstructural states of Ni-12 at.% Al-2 at.% Mo
and Ni-10 at.% Al-5 at.% Mo after aging treatments of up to 10 h at 970 or
1070 K. The value of a increases with aging time and smaller Mo content, in
good agreement with the average shape of precipitates obtained from transm
ission electron microscopy.