Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 February 2011
The present work was undertaken to understand the transition in slip direction In [001] oriented NiAl as a function of temperature. Single crystals of [001] NiAl were deformed at room temperature to produce <111> dislocations and were subsequently annealed at various temperatures in order to see the effect of temperature on the stability of the <111> dislocation. These results were compared with corresponding dislocation substructures of specimens deformed directly at high temperatures. During annealing <111> dislocations are dissociated into <001>+<110> dislocations at 773–923 K. It is also observed that <111> dislocations can be dissociated into <001>+<110> dislocations during deformation in the vicinity of the transition temperature of around 773 K. The quantitative details of these changes depend on deformation or annealing temperatures.