Thermal stability of a supersaturated Fe-Ge-Nb solid solution produced by ball milling

Thermal evolution of Fe neighbourhood in a supersaturated bcc Fe(Ge,Nb) solid solution, obtained as the final product of mechanical alloying of Fe75Ge20Nb5, was studied. No changes in Fe neighbourhood were detected after heating up to 473 K, although differential scanning calorimetry shows a clear d...

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Autores: Conde Amiano, Alejandro, Ipus Bados, Jhon Jairo, Blázquez Gámez, Javier Sebastián
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/33165
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11441/33165
https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/217/1/012083
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ge content
Thermal evolution
Thermal stability
Neighbourhood
Nanocrystalline microstructures
Ball milling
Crystallization
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Sumario:Thermal evolution of Fe neighbourhood in a supersaturated bcc Fe(Ge,Nb) solid solution, obtained as the final product of mechanical alloying of Fe75Ge20Nb5, was studied. No changes in Fe neighbourhood were detected after heating up to 473 K, although differential scanning calorimetry shows a clear deviation of the baseline at 400 K. After heating up to 723 K, a similar nanocrystalline microstructure is derived from X-ray diffraction. However, Mössbauer spectra evidence changes in the Fe neighbourhood. A proposed deconvolution of the hyperfine field distribution yields a Ge content of ~10 at. %, in agreement with the maximum solubility of Ge in bcc Fe in thermodynamical equilibrium.