Abstract
Pseudoelasticity in Fe 3Al single crystals with different Al contents was investigated focusing on the dislocation configuration and the ordered domain structure. Giant pseudoelasticity only appeared in the D0 3-ordered Fe 3Al single crystals, while the B2-ordered crystals and those with the disordered α phase exhibited small strain recovery. The amount of shape recovery in the D0 3-ordered crystals showed a maximum near 23.0at.%Al and decreased with increasing deviation from this Al concentration. In the D0 3 phase at 22.0–25.0at.%Al, 1/4[1 1 1] superpartial dislocations moved individually dragging the nearest-neighbour antiphase boundaries (NNAPB), while couplets of the superpartials were observed to bow out, dragging the next-nearest-neighbour antiphase boundaries (NNNAPB) in Fe–28.0at.%Al. In Fe–22.0–25.0at.%Al single crystals, the NNAPB pulled back the superpartials to decrease its energy during unloading, resulting in the giant pseudoelasticity. In contrast, the surface tension of the NNNAPB was lower than that of the NNAPB, leading to the small strain recovery in Fe–28.0at.%Al.
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