“…The stress anomaly in FeAl is a relatively new discovery [1][2][3] and for years it was thought that this intermetallic was different from many, such as Ni 3 Al, in not showing any anomalous stress peak [4][5][6][7][8][9] on mechanical testing at intermediate temperatures. It subsequently became clear that an anomalous stress peak indeed existed [1][2][3], at temperatures in the range 400-600 8C, and a pre-requisite was that the sample material be previously well annealed to 'relax' any internal structure [10][11][12][13][14].…”