The effect of the ternary element chromium in B2 ordered NiAl based alloys was studied by atom probe field ion microscopy. Samples of the compositions Ni
50Al
48Cr
2, Ni
49Al
49Cr
2, and Ni
48Al
50Cr
2 were investigated after different heat treatments. The chromium concentrations of the NiAl matrix, measured by atom probe, increased with increasing Ni/Al ratio and heat treatment temperature. The site preference of solute Cr atoms for the Al sublattice was determined by layer resolved measurements. An
antiphase boundary observed in Ni
50Al
48Cr
2 showed a high local Cr concentration with Cr atoms substituting for Al atoms. Superdislocations in the quasi-stoichiometric Ni
49Al
49Cr
2 were not dissociated into partial dislocations and showed no Cr segregation. These results are discussed in view of activation of
a111
slip systems.