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Samples of 0.003 in. round Fe80B20 amorphous wires were annealed in vacuo for 1 sec to 8 h periods at 780° C and the crystallinity induced in these wires from this heat treatment was studied through X-ray diffraction and field-ion microscopy. X-ray diffraction studies indicate that complete crystallinity is produced following 1 sec anneal at 780° C. However, the initial product is a primitive-tetragonal Fe3B phase unlike the body-centred tetragonal Fe3B observed in low-temperature isothermal transformation studies with this alloy. The Fe3B phase is seen to persist in the diffraction patterns for annealing durations of up to 15 min. Upon annealing for periods of up to 1 h, an intermediate three-phase structure consisting of α-Fe, Fe3B, and Fe2B is seen to result with a gradual decrease in the Fe3B phase corresponding to longer annealing durations. Anneals of more than 1 h at 780° C are seen to result in the disappearance of the Fe3B phase producing a two-phase microstructure consisting of α-Fe(b c c) and Fe2B (b c t). Field-ion-microscopy with a pure neon imaging gas at 78 K likewise indicates that existence of a three-stage phase structural change during the isothermal anneals, and the atomic arrangement of the various species are quite readily discernible because of the different symmetries contained in the three distinct phases.
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Inal, O.T., Keller, L. & Yost, F.G. High-temperature crystallization behaviour of amorphous Fe80B20 . J Mater Sci 15, 1947–1961 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00550620
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