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Three binary alloys of composition Fe-24Al, Fe-28Al and Fe-34Al were prepared to study the recovery, recrystallization and grain growth processes in Fe3Al based alloys. These alloys were rolled and annealed at temperatures in the range 873 K to 1273 K for two hours. Grain size measurements were performed as a function of composition, annealing temperature and time. Transmission electron microscopy showed recovered and recrystallized grains after annealing at 873 K. The mechanisms of recovery processes was found to be by the migration of single dislocations towards each other to form linear arrays which can subsequently form square or hexagonal dislocation networks. Recrystallization can take place either by the enclosure of dislocation free regions by dislocation networks or by the preferential growth of subgrains. The composition dependence of the recovery and recrystallization processes is weak.
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Ramanujan, R.V. Recovery and recrystallization processes in binary Fe3Al based alloys. Journal of Materials Science 35, 2379–2392 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004736811718
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