Thecharacteristicsoftheformationofsurfacereliefassociatedwithh.c.p.αprecipitates inaTi–Moalloywere studiedbyatomicforcemicroscopycoupledwithelectronbackscatteringdiffractionand three-dimensionalmorphological observation.Tent-orinversetent-shapedreliefwasformedwithnormalαplates(thick platesformedoftenwith araggedinterfaceatsmallerundercoolings)progressively