al in the above referenced article the whang et al article is incorporated herein by reference as an example of a preferred processing method for producing the alloys according to the invention the compositions and the results obtained by testing the various alloys by x ray diffraction standard microhardness testing and differential thermal analysis are listed below in the table table______________________________________ x ray t sub c t sub m mhdness ex composition diffrn u00b0 c u00b0 c kg mm sup 2______________________________________1 nb sub 60 ni sub 40 729 0 1286 9152 mo sub 5 nb sub 55 ni sub 40 742 2 1285 9263 mo sub 10 nb sub 50 ni sub 40 747 2 1275 9444 mo sub 20 nb sub 40 ni sub 40 795 8 1231 9855 mo sub 40 nb sub 20 ni sub 40 10866 mo sub 60 ni sub 40 806 3 1363 7 12347 nb sub 49 ni sub 51 amorph 7508 mo sub 4 nb sub 45 ni sub 51 amorph 8079 mo sub 8 nb sub 41 ni sub 51 ptl am 85410 mo sub 15 8 nb sub 32 6 amorph 985 ni sub 51 611 mo sub 31 7 nb sub 16 4 ptl am 1186 ni sub 51 912 mo sub 48 ni sub 52 ptl am 124113.