{111} Planar Faults in a Quenced and Annealed NiAl-0.3Hf Single Crystal Alloy

Abstract

Abstract Quenched-in vacancies, vacancy agglomeration and solute-vacancy association can play a significant role in affecting the mechanical behavior of an alloy. It is well known that B2- NiAl can retain a high supersaturation of thermal vacancies which has been shown to manifest itself as dislocation loops, voids, or spiral dislocations. Dislocation climb loops formed in NiAl have been observed to emanate from impurity particles as concentric {100} loops which are prismatic in nature1. Impurity particles have also been shown to be responsible for nucleating faceted voids. However, addition of alloying elements can alter this mode of vacancy condensation and depending upon the degree of interaction between alloying element and vacancies, a completely different defect structure can result. In a recent study, addition of Boron to Fe-35 mol. % Al has been shown to produce complex {100} planar faults having both APB and stacking fault character, whereas Cr, Pd and W produced APBs on {111} planes.