Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 February 2011
In order to study the role of vacancy-type defects in the unique deformati on-induced phase transition mechanisms of B2-L10 and B2-A1 of intermetallic compound Fe-Rh alloys, high-speed impact compression deformation has been carried out. Induced phases and substructures were examined by XRD and TEM. The relation between the phase transitions and vacancy-type defects was investigated by the positron annihilation Coincidence Doppler Broadening (CDB) method. The results showed that intermixed phases of L10 and A1 were always formed in the B2 phase, and the vacancy concentrations were rather decreased in the specimens deformed by higher strain rates, suggesting that vacancies were more consumed by the phase transition to A1 structure.