Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 February 2011
Room temperature tensile tests were performed on annealed melt-spun ribbons of a 50Ni-20Al-30Fe alloy. The ribbons were found to possess a duplex structure consisting of fcc γ and B2 β grains and exhibited tensile elongations in excess of 10% while still maintaining good strength. The tested specimens were found to contain high dislocation densities in both the γ and β grains, with no indications of stress-induced martensite formation. Dislocation analysis revealed that the vast majority of dislocations in the β have <100> Burgers vectors; however, <111> dislocations were also observed. Slip transfer was often facilitated by specific orientation relationships between the γ and β grains.