The microstructures and Vickers hardness at room temperature of arc-melting processed intermetallics of Mo5Si3-MoSi2 hypoeutectic alloy and hypereutectic alloy annealed at 1200℃ for different time were investigated. Lamellar structure consisted of Mo5Si3 (D8m) phase and MoSi2 (C11b) phase was observed in all the alloys. For Mo5Si3-MoSi2 hypoeutectic alloy, the lamellar structure was found only after annealing and developed well with fine spacing on the order of hundred nanometers after annealing at 1200℃ for 48 h. But when the annealing time was up to 96 h, the well-developed lamellar structure was destroyed. For Mo5Si3-MoSi2 hypereutectic alloy, the lamellar structure was found both before and after annealing. However the volume fraction and spacing of the lamellar structure did not change significantly before and after annealing. The effects of the formation, development and destruction of lamellar structure on Vickers hardness of alloys were also investigated. When Mo5Si3-MoSi2 hypoeutectic alloy annealed at 1200℃ for 48 h, the Vickers hardness was improved about 19% compared with that without annealing and formation of lamellar structure. The highest Vickers hardness of Mo5Si3-MoSi2 hypereutectic was increasing about 18% when annealing at 1200℃ for 48 h.
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