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In-Situ TEM Observation of a Structural Change in a Near Σ=3-Twist Boundary In Ordered Cu3Au.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

F. D. Tichelaar
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Metallurgy, Delft University of Technology, Rotterdamseweg 137, 2628 AL Delft, The Netherlands
F. W. Schapink
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Metallurgy, Delft University of Technology, Rotterdamseweg 137, 2628 AL Delft, The Netherlands
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Abstract

In this paper the structure of a (011)-Σ=3 twist boundary in ordered Cu3Au is analysed geometrically. Wrong nearest-neighbour bonds can be avoided by facetting on an atomic scale along common {112} planes, together with a rigid-body translation parallel to one of the facets as measured in earlier work. In the specimen different translational states were found in different areas of the [165]-Σ=3 boundary by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). One of the translations was in agreement with the model, the other was associated with a presumably energetically more unfavourable structure. The in situ observation at 230 °C of the motion of the dislocation separating the different boundary areas was associated with a transformation of the boundary structure with the higher energy into the more favourable structure. Therefore, it is likely that the driving force of the dislocation motion was a difference in boundary energy.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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