Abstract
A series of ∼ 15 μm diameter, polycrystalline B2 crystal structure NiAl alloys ranging in composition from 43.9 to 52.7 Al (at%) have been compression tested at constant velocities in air between 1200 and 1400 K. All materials were fabricated via powder metallurgy techniques with hot extrustion as the densification process. Seven intermediate compositions were produced by blending various amounts of two master heats of prealloyed powder; in addition a tenth alloy of identical composition, 48.25 AI, as one of the blended materials was produced from a third master heat. Comparison of the flow stress-strain rate behaviour for the two 48.25 AI alloys revealed that their properties were identical. The creep strength of materials for AI/Ni ⩽ 1.03 was essentially equal, and deformation could be described by a single stress exponent and activation energy. Creep at low temperatures and faster strain rates is independent of grain sizes and appears to be controlled by a subgrain mechanism. However, at higher temperatures and slower strain rates, diffusional creep seems to contribute to the overall deformation rate.
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