Increase the Deformability of NiCo Single Crystals Using of Electrical Pulse-Like Currents

The effect of short-term electrical pulses on metallic single crystals, with and without the application of external mechanical stresses, was investigated with the aid of deformation reliefs. The nickel-cobalt single crystals were subjected to electrical pulses and subsequently microscopically measured. In doing this, it was established that an electrical pulse without a simultaneously applied mechanical stress, has no influence on the deformation relief. It was possible to show that on loading the single crystal with a mechanical stress, the deformation relief significantly changes even when the stress was markedly below the flow stress.