Abstract

Frank sessile dislocations surrounding a region of stacking fault are shown to be nucleation sites for γ′ phase precipitation in aluminum-silver alloys. The segregation of silver to these regions is explained in terms of extinction fringe contrast. Direct evidence for ``pipe'' diffusion along dislocations to a grain boundary is also presented.

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