Journal of Japan Institute of Light Metals
Online ISSN : 1880-8018
Print ISSN : 0451-5994
ISSN-L : 0451-5994
The metastable to stable phase change in an Al-1.0%Fe alloy
Hisashi SUZUKIMotohiro KANNOHideo TANABEKazuhiro ITOI
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1978 Volume 28 Issue 6 Pages 284-291

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Optical and transmission electron microscopies and X-ray diffraction were carried out on transformation of a metastable Al6Fe or AlmFe in the eutectic structure in relation to the "fir tree structure". Specimens containing either Al6Fe or AlmFe in the eutectic were isothermally annealed at 500° to 600°C. As for Al6Fe→Al3Fe transformation, stable Al3Fe nucleates at the edge of rod-shaped Al6Fe contacting to the matrix-eutectic interface in the early stage of annealing. It grows with dissolution of Al6Fe facing to the stable Al3Fe. The AlmFe transforms into Al3Fe in the same mode. The estimated activation energy 1.4 to 1.6eV for Al6Fe→Al3Fe transformation suggests that the transformation is controlled by the diffusion of dissolved Fe atoms in the α-phase in the eutectic. None of intermediate phase is found during the transformation. The time required for eliminating AlmFe is shorter than that for eliminating Al6Fe, probably due to a narrower region of the eutectic in the former.
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