ABSTRACT
It has long been known that materials containing partially ordered phases are stronger than those with wholly disordered or fully ordered phases. This is due to the fact that at a certain value of the long-range order parameter, S, superdislocations separate into unlinked singles. Thus, it is of interest to study the mechanical behavior of materials in various states of partial order. Disordering phenomena of ordered alloys have also been studied in an effort to understand the mechanism of disordering and to investigate the different methods by which the disordered phase could be retained at room temperature. Disordered intermetallics are of interest because they could have a higher ductility, and consequently higher formability, than their ordered counterparts.
