Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 February 2011
High temperature compression tests were performed on Cr 3Si single crystalline and poly crystalline samples. Slip systems were determined to be of the {001}<010> type based on an analysis of slip traces and Laue spots. Single crystals show significant compressive ductility at temperatures above 0.7Tm. The implication of cube slip on the ductility of A15-type intermetallic compounds is discussed.