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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 February 2011
An investigation of the phase transformations experienced by the decagonal and icosahedral phases in two different quaternary -alloys is carried out. The transformation in the decagonal phase of Al-Cu-Co-Si alloy is induced by the electron radiation in a transmission electron microscope. However, in the icosahedral phase of Al-Cu-Co-Fe alloy this transformation is induced by annealing. Electron diffraction patterns obtained from both phases suggest that the deformation mechanism involved in these kind of transitions is related with twinning