Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 January 1992
The compressive flow behavior of single crystalline LI2 Al67FegTi25 was investigated as a function of temperature and orientation at temperatures from 77K to about 1250K, using specimens with compressive axes orientated near [001], [113], [011], [122] and [111]. The operating slip systems seen in these specimens after 0.4% plastic deformation are predominantly of the octahedral type at all temperatures, even in near-[122] and [111] specimens in which the Schmid factors for the primary cube slip system are larger than that for the primary octahedral slip system. The yield stress increases rapidly with decreasing temperature at low temperatures, while it decreases gradually from room temperature to higher temperatures. The critical resolved shear stress (CRSS) on the [101](111) slip system does not seem to be orientation-dependent over a wide range of temperatures, except at temperatures from 1050K to 1250K where the CRSS exhibits a mild orientation-dependence. Fracture tests at room temperature were also conducted. No special orientation-dependence of the ductility was observed.