Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 February 2011
Recent weak-beam electron microscopic studies of Ni3Al provided evidence indicating that glide of Kear-Wilsdorf locked dislocation segments may occur on {111} planes, accompanied by APB dragging, during deformation at high temperature. A direct implication of those studies is that a mechanism other than the onset of {010} slip may be important in controlling the peak in yield strength in Ni3Al. The present weak-beam investigations of Ni3Al have centered on the possibility that such configurations result from thermally induced dislocation kink and jog activity rather than the APB dragging mechanism. previously proposed.