“…Consequently, the flow stress, prior to failure, increases by a factor of w5 in RuAl [6], or even w7 in Ru 53 A 47 [6,11]. Reported values of the work-hardening rate (q) at RT for binary single-phase RuAl alloys are typically found to lie between 10 GPa and 13 GPa [11,13], although a lower value of 6 GPa was also reported [18]. With increasing temperature, q of RuAl significantly decreases until about 600 K, then increases up to w800 K exhibiting a maximum, and afterwards, it decreases again [13].…”