“…Various studies involving the preparation and the determination of chemical and mechanical properties of Nb-Si [3,4], Nb-Ti-Hf-Al [1], Nb-Ti-Hf-Al-Si [1], Nb-Ti-Al-Si [5], Nb-Cr-Ti [6,7], Nb-Cr [6] and Nb-Mo-Cr-Al-Si [2] alloys have occurred, which presented metallic (Nb-solid solution) and intermetallic matrixes. In addition, alloys containing other intermetallic phases were also studied: titanium (Ti 3 Al, TiAl), cobalt (CoAl), iron (FeAl), and nickel (Ni 3 Al, NiAl) aluminides [8,9].…”