A nickel based superalloy has been designed where the fcc γ Ni matrix is reinforced by two different ordered-fcc intermetallic compounds, γ L1 2 Ni 3 Al and γ D0 22 Ni 3 V. Primary ageing at 900 − 1000 • C precipitated spherical L1 2 Ni 3 Al, whose volume fraction and size were controlled by altering the ageing temperature and time. Secondary ageing at 700 • C for 1 − 1000 h precipitated D0 22 Ni 3 V laths. The duplex precipitation increased hardness by up to 85 HV, with ∼ 500 MPa compressive proof strength maintained at 800 • C. Electron microscopy studied the Ni 3 Al precipitation and confirmed the form of the secondary Ni 3 V precipitates and their long term stability.Nickel based superalloys are widely used due to their combination of strength, creep, toughness, environmental resistance and microstructural stability in the 650 − 1200 • C interval [1,2]. Such alloys exploit the two-phase field that exists within the Ni-Al binary system to produce microstructures comprising a γ face-centred cubic (fcc) A1 (Strukturbericht designation) matrix, Figure 1a, 5 reinforced with γ L1 2 Ni 3 Al ordered-fcc intermetallic precipitates, Figure 1b. A variety of additional phases are used in multicomponent (∼ 10) commercial superalloys, including other intermetallics as well as carbides and borides. However, there is an additional ordered-fcc D0 22 γ phase, Figure 1c, that can be exploited in superalloys, e.g. Inconel 718 [3], which is also being explored in 10 other alloy systems [4,5,6]. Unfortunately, the D0 22 Ni 3 Nb phase in Inconel 718 is metastable [7,8] decomposing into the δ Ni 3 Nb D0 a orthorhombic P mmn phase [9, 10]. The Ni 3 X type intermetallics adopt a number of stable crystal structures as the X element is changed due to differing formation energies. For Ni 3 X intermetallics with X = Nb, Ta, Mo the stable structure is D0 a , while for 15 X = Ti the D0 24 structure is adopted, and with X = Al and Si the traditional γ * Corresponding