Solidification Behavior of Undercooled Fe75B25 Alloy
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Experimental Procedures
2.1. Materials
2.2. Experimental Procedures
3. Results
3.1. XRD Patterns
3.2. Cooling Curves
3.3. Microstructures
3.4. SEM and EBSD Analyses
4. Discussion
4.1. Phase Selection
4.2. Microstructural Evolution
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Property | Symbol | Fe3B | Fe2B |
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Melting temperature | Tm (K) | 1431 | 1671 |
Mole volume | Vm × 10−6 (m3·mol−1) | 6.094 | 5.533 |
Latent heat of fusion | ΔH (kJ·mol−1) | 18.11 | 26.89 |
Structural factor | α | 0.22 | 0.44 |
Liquidus temperature | Tl (K) | 1616 | 1616 |
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Ma, C.; Yang, L.; Li, J. Solidification Behavior of Undercooled Fe75B25 Alloy. Metals 2023, 13, 1450. https://doi.org/10.3390/met13081450
Ma C, Yang L, Li J. Solidification Behavior of Undercooled Fe75B25 Alloy. Metals. 2023; 13(8):1450. https://doi.org/10.3390/met13081450
Chicago/Turabian StyleMa, Changsong, Lin Yang, and Jinfu Li. 2023. "Solidification Behavior of Undercooled Fe75B25 Alloy" Metals 13, no. 8: 1450. https://doi.org/10.3390/met13081450