Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 February 2011
Lack of strength, in particular creep resistance, has been considered as the principal shortcoming of Fe-Al-based alloys for long which prevented their use for structural applications at high temperatures. Only recently it has been realized that various strengthening mechanisms are available by which Fe-Al-based alloys can be sufficiently strengthened for applications at high temperatures. From the recent studies at the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH (MPIE) examples of applying different strengthening mechanisms are presented by which Fe-Al-based alloys with considerable creep resistance have been obtained.