Experiments revealed that polycrystals of this compound exhibited the Bauschinger effect, and that B decreased the magnitude of the effect. The associated back-stress was attributed to internal stresses which were generated by the piling-up of dislocations at grain boundaries. The reduction was attributed to the enhancement of slip transmission.

The Bauschinger Effect in Polycrystals of Ni3Al with and without Boron E.M.Schulson, Y.Xu: Philosophical Magazine Letters, 1997, 76[4], 269-74