New method of experimental evaluation of stacking fault energy in d-transition metals

The positron-electron annihilation method is the most useful to study the electron structure near the dislocation cores. It follows from the analysis of angular correlation curves for γ-quanta of d-transition metals that sp- and spd-electrons may be treated as two Fermi-gases It has been concluded that d-like electrons reveal the behavior of both the collectivized and localized type. The splitting width, ω, of edge dislocations in various d-metals has been determined. Interesting data have been obtained for Mo single crystals deformed under different conditions: cold working (tensile test at room temperature); warm working (rolling at 300 deg C); hot working (creep at 1360 deg C)