Copper single crystals with deformation axes in [001], [112], [111], [212], [101], [102], and [213] supplemented. The stress-strain behaviour and its variation with temperature were observed systematically. The crystal orientations after tensile deformations were determined by the slip lines on the specimen surfaces which were chemically polished after prestrain and extended by a few percent. The results showed that the tensile axes of the [101]