摘要:
A method for achieving both improved strength and improved ductility in intermediate phases is provided. The method, briefly stated, comprises the steps of providing a melt whose composition substantially corresponds to that of a preselected intermetallic phase having a crystal structure of the L1 2 type, such as nickel aluminide, modified with from about 0.01 to 2.5 atomic percent boron, and modified further with cobalt substituent metal and rapidly solidifying the melt at a cooling rate of at least about 10 3° C/second to form a solid body, the principal phase of which is of the L1 2 type crystal structure in either its ordered or disordered state.