Phase separation in Fe-Mn (20–40 wt % Mn) alloys

Author: Ustinovshchikov Yu.   Pushkarev B.   Sapegina I.  

Publisher: MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica

ISSN: 0020-1685

Source: Inorganic Materials, Vol.42, Iss.3, 2006-03, pp. : 269-274

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Abstract

The structural changes produced in the Fe-40Mn and Fe-20Mn alloys by long-term isothermal heat treatment at temperatures from 600 to 1200°C are studied using x-ray diffraction analysis, transmission electron microscopy, and hardness tests. The results provide evidence, direct for Fe-40Mn and indirect for Fe-20Mn, that the Fe-Mn solid solution in these alloys undergoes phase separation in the temperature range studied. The conclusion is made that the solid-solution region in the Fe-Mn system, as well as in a number of other systems, is in fact a phase-separation region.