Microstructure and properties of β-NiAl and its eutectic alloy with Cr and Mo additions

NiAl-0.3Ru and NiAl-30Cr-4Mo alloys were fabricated by arc melting method and then annealed at 1 423 K for 12 h. It has been revealed that NiAl-0.3Ru was in a single-phase with large gain size and NiAl-30Cr-4Mo consisted of multiple eutectic cells. Each cell consisted of alternating plates NiAl and Cr(Mo). The compressive properties including the brittle-ductile transition temperature (BDTT) were tested. NiAl-0.3Ru and NiAl-30Cr-4Mo fractured with a little plastic deformation after yielding below the BDTT, and almost no fracture was found after large deformation up to 60% above the BDTT. Fractograph showed that at the room temperature, the fracture in NiAl-0.3Ru was interganular and the NiAl-30Cr-4Mo in transgranular along the interface between beta-NiAl and Cr(Mo). The compressive properties of NiAl were obviously improved by eutectic alloying with Mo and Cr additions.