NiAl-Y
2O
3 composites with 0, 5, 15 and 20vol%Y
2O
3 were fabricated by mechanical alloying (MA)-mechanofusion (MF)-hot press (HP) process. Starting powders were pure Ni, pure Al and Y
2O
3 powders. Morphological change of powders during (MA+MF) process was studied. In addition, the microstructures and the mechanical properties of sintered specimens were investigated. Fine MAed powders with diameter of less than 10μm were able to be spheroidized by MF process. The formation of NiAl phase during MA was definitely confirmed. Sintered composites basically consist of NiAl matrix and uniformly dispersed Y
2O
3 particulates, though the small amount of other phase was found for high volume Y
2O
3 alloys. Vickers hardness and 0.2% flow stress increased with increasing volume fraction of Y
2O
3, suggesting the dispersion strengthening. Fracture stress, markedly larger than the flow stress, also increased with volume fraction of Y
2O
3 and monotonously decreased with temperature. All specimens fractured with compressive plastic strain of 5-10% at from room to intermediate temperature. At over 800K, the fracture strain increased remarkably.
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