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The mechanism of nitrogenation of Sm2Fe17 was investigated with in-situ high temperature x-ray diffraction with Debye-Scherrer optic using a quartz capillary equipped with an additional buffer volume to supply sufficient nitrogen for the expected phase reaction. The formation of Sm2Fe17Nx with x ≈ 3 was observed at temperatures between 325 °C and 450 °C. During the phase transition period, taking 30–90 min at 450 °C and up to 300 min at 350 °C, two phases were observed simultaneously, a non-nitrided Sm2Fe17 phase and the already fully nitrided Sm2Fe17N3 phase. At 325 °C no single-phase material could be obtained during 300 min. The resulting lattice parameters measured after the complete nitrogenation are the same as those, obtained from the externally nitrogenized samples.
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Received: 15 July 1997 / Revised: 15 January 1998 / Accepted: 18 January 1998
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Teresiak, A., Gebel, B., Handstein, A. et al. In-situ observation of the nitrogenation of Sm2Fe17 by means of high temperature x-ray diffraction. Fresenius J Anal Chem 361, 674–676 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002160050988
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002160050988