Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 February 2011
Weak beam electron microscopy has been used to study the substructure in octahedral planes in Ni3Ga deformed in the range of the yield stress anomaly. The substructure is formed by screw dislocations in the Kear Wilsdorf configuration, which contain numerous superkinks. A statistical analysis of the superkink height has been performed. The effect of a first high temperature deformation on a second low temperature one has been investigated. The behaviour of the dislocations has been deduced from these experimental results and from those of the literature.