β-FeSi2 Phase formation from a unidirectionally solidified rod-type eutectic structure composed of both α and ϵ phases
✍ Scribed by I. Yamauchi; S. Ueyama; I. Ohnaka
- Book ID
- 103953874
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 602 KB
- Volume
- 208
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0921-5093
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✦ Synopsis
Kinetics of the transformation from the ~t and e phases to the fl phase in an iron silicide thermoelectric material was examined. The specimens with a rod-type eutectic structure composed of the ~ and ~ phases, prepared by a unidirectional solidification technique, were used as a diffusion couple. The fl phase formation from ct and e consisted of two processes, depending on temperature. The first process which occurred below 1143 K proceeded in the following three stages: (1) the ring-like fl phase was formed on the interface between the matrix ct and rod shaped e by the conventional peritectoid reaction, (2) the lamellar structure composed of the fl and Si phases was formed by the eutectoid reaction of the remaining ct phase after an incubation period, (3) finally, the fl phase was formed by the subsequent reaction between the remaining E and Si phases formed by the eutectoid reaction described in stage (2). In the second process above 1153 K, where most of the fl phase was formed by the peritectoid reaction, the eutectoid decomposed slowly. A rapidly solidified specimen has a very fine eutectic structure and the fl phase was mostly formed by the peritectoid reaction, irrespective of temperature. These two apparently different processes were explained by the combination of the simultaneous progress of the peritectoid and eutectoid reactions of which the kinetics depended on temperature. It was also found that a small addition of Mn remarkably decreased the fl phase formation rate.