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    • Keywords

       

      Iron aluminide; Fe3Al; Ce addition; microstructure; stereology.

    • Abstract

       

      The effect of Ce addition on the microstructure of carbon-alloyed Fe3Al-based intermetallic has been studied. Three different alloys of composition, Fe–18.5Al–3.6C, Fe–20.0Al–2.0C and Fe–19.2Al–3.3C–0.07Ce (in at%), were prepared by electroslag remelting process. Their microstructures were characterized using optical and scanning electron microscopies. Stereological methods were utilized to understand the observed microstructures. All the alloys exhibited a typical two-phase microstructure consisting of Fe3AlC carbides in an iron aluminide matrix. In the alloy without Ce addition, large bulky carbides were equally distributed throughout the matrix with many smaller precipitates interspersed in between. In the alloy with Ce addition, the carbide grain sizes were finer and uniformly distributed throughout the matrix. The effect of Ce addition on the carbide morphology has been explained based on the known effect of Ce in modifying carbide morphology in cast irons.

    • Author Affiliations

       

      S Sriram1 R Balasubramaniam1 M N Mungole1 S Bharagava1 R G Baligidad2

      1. Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur 208 016, India
      2. Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad 500 058, India

    • Dates

       
      Published
      October 2005
      Manuscript received
      19 January 2004
      Manuscript revised
      21 July 2005

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