“…It can be seen Previous studies Q%sching, 1995;David, 1989) have shown that iron aluminide claddings with ordered structures (i.e., Fe3Al and FeAl) are susceptible to hydrogen-induced (cold) cracking due to environmental embrittlement enhanced by residual stresses fkom welding. Intrinsically, bulk iron alurninides have been observed to be quite ductile when tested in vacuum or dry oxygen atmosphere at room temperature (Liu, 1991(Liu, , 1990(Liu, , 1989. However, the ductility dramatically decreases when tested in atmospheres containing moisture.…”