Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 February 2011
Atomistic studies of dislocation cores in a model TiAl compound (L10) carried out using Finnis-Sinclair type many body potentials are presented. Two different core configurations, one planar and the other non-planar, were found for both 1/2〈110] ordinary dislocations and 〈101] superdislocations while a core containing a microtwin was found in the case of the l/2[112] dislocation. The impact of these core structures upon the plastic behavior or PST and single-phase TiAl crystals is discussed.