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Alloys based on NiAl offer significant payoffs as structural materials in gas turbine applications due to a unique range of physical and mechanical properties These properties include high melting temperature. low density. high thermal conductivity. and excellent environmental resistance Very significant improvements in the strength and ductility of NiAl single crystals have been achieved through alloying. Tensile strength and stress rupture properties which compete with current Ni-base Superalloys have been achieved through precipitation of an ordered L21 Heusler phase in NiAl single crystals Room temperature tensile ductility as high as 6% has been produced in NiAl single crystals containing less than 0.5% (atomic) of Fe. Ga or Mo. However. a single alloy with both room temperature ductility and sufficient high temperature strength has not yet been developed. While activity to develop on alloy with both high temperature strength and room temperature ductility continues. the Current approach also emphasizes design and test methodologies which can accept a material with limited ductility and damage tolerance More work is required on measuring and understanding strain rate sensitivity and impact behaviour While several significant challenges still remain. excellent progress has been made in many areas, and the prognosis for using NiAl alloys as high temperature structural materials is promising