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Precipitation behavior of the mu phase under applied stress was systematically investigated in two single crystal superalloys CMSX-4 and R0. The investigation has shown that both the sign and magnitude of the applied stress can affect the precipitation behavior of the mu phase with a certain degree of regularity. At first, the precipitation of the mu phase varied significantly when a small amount of stress was applied, regardless of whether the specimen is under tension or under compression. Under most conditions however, precipitation of the mu phase was restrained by this low application of stress. After increasing the applied stress, precipitation of the mu phase increased relative to the amount of tension or decreased under compression. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.