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Role of interface boundaries in the deformation behavior of TiAl polysynthetically twinned crystal: In situ transmission electron microscopy deformation study

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To understand the role of boundaries in the deformation behavior of TiAl, in situ straining experiments in transmission electron microscopy have been performed on thin foils of polysynthetically twinned (PST) crystal of Ti–49.3 at.% Al. The deformation behavior of PST TiAl is anisotropic, depending on the angle between the lamellar boundaries and the straining axes. For L-orientation, deformation twins and ordinary dislocations transmit across the true-twin (TT) boundaries but are reflected at the pseudo-twin (PT) and rotational order-fault (RO) boundaries. For transverse (T) orientation, deformation twins are transmitted across all TT, PT, and RO boundaries. For I-orientation, shear deformation occurs parallel to the lamellar boundaries. There is a transmission of deformation across the interphase (IP) boundary in longitudinal orientation, but deformation is blocked and reflected at the IP boundary in T-orientation. The role of the various types of boundaries in localized deformation behavior was evaluated by considering Schmid factors and geometric compatibility factors.

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Pyo, S.G., Kim, N.J. Role of interface boundaries in the deformation behavior of TiAl polysynthetically twinned crystal: In situ transmission electron microscopy deformation study. Journal of Materials Research 20, 1888–1901 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.2005.0235

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