Dislocation structure and applied, effective and internal stress in high-temperature creep of alpha iron

Abstract

The dislocation structure of alpha iron formed in high-temperature creep mas investigated in the transmission electron microscope and its quantitative characteristics—dislocation density, subgrain diameter and subgrain misorientation—were measured in the primary as well as in the steady-state creep. The steady state substructure characteristics are correlated with the steady state values of the applied, effective and internal stress and the development of the substructure in the primary creep is discussed. The results of the structure observation correspond well to the macroscopic creep data (Pahutorá, Orlová, Kuchařová, Čadek, to be published).