Orientation effects in interaction of screw dislocation with interstitial impurity atom in b.c.c. lattice

The cross-slip and pinning of a 1/2a〈111〉 screw dislocation in b.c.c. metals in the vicinity of an interstitial impurity atom are studied in dependence on crystal orientation. To this purpose, the interaction energy between the dislocation and an interstitial atom is calculated in an anisotropic elastic continuum and it is assumed that the screw dislocation moves microscopically on {112} or {110} planes between its stable configuration positions in b.c.c. lattice. It is found that the probability of induced cross-slip is orientation dependent. This result is used for discussion of orientation dependence of the change of CRSS due to increased carbon content which was experimentally determined for Fe-3.2% Si alloy single crystals in a previous paper (Blahovec J., Kade?ková S.: Czech. J. Phys.B 21 (1971), 846).