Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 February 2011
In the L12 structure, the Kear-Wilsdorf lock on screw superdislocations is the best known example of a dislocation with a non-planar locked structure. Recent high resolution TEM work on Ni3Al and Ni3Ga has shown locked structures on the following dislocations: 30-degree <112>/3 super-Shockley partials, edge <110> {001} dislocations, and 45-degree <100>{001} dislocations. Dislocation reactions among intersecting <100>{001} and <110>{001} slip systems have also been found to form product dislocations with locked structures. This paper summarizes these locked structures and outlines their effects on the operation of related slip systems.