Optical and transmission electron microscopies and X-ray diffraction were carried out on transformation of a metastable Al
6Fe or Al
mFe in the eutectic structure in relation to the "fir tree structure". Specimens containing either Al
6Fe or Al
mFe in the eutectic were isothermally annealed at 500° to 600°C. As for Al
6Fe→Al
3Fe transformation, stable Al
3Fe nucleates at the edge of rod-shaped Al
6Fe contacting to the matrix-eutectic interface in the early stage of annealing. It grows with dissolution of Al
6Fe facing to the stable Al
3Fe. The Al
mFe transforms into Al
3Fe in the same mode. The estimated activation energy 1.4 to 1.6eV for Al
6Fe→Al
3Fe 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 Al
mFe is shorter than that for eliminating Al
6Fe, probably due to a narrower region of the eutectic in the former.
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