Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 February 2011
The temperature dependence of the flow stress in the B-doped DS Ni3Al containing Si as well as transition metal elements was systematically investigated by tensile tests. The effects of the alloy elements on the magnitude of the positive temperature dependence of the flow stress were evaluated. The calculated activation energy which results in the anomalous mechanical behavior the Ni3Al decreases for each element addition. The flow stress near liquid nitrogen temperature, taken as a measure of the degree of solid solution strengthening, increases linearly with the element concentration. The influences of the element additions on the solid solution strengthening were discussed. Also discussed were the mechanisms of the anomalous mechanical behavior in the Ni3 Al affected by the element additions.