Oscillatory Mechanism of α-Fe(N) ↔ γ’-Fe4N Phase Transformations during Nanocrystalline Iron Nitriding

Autor: Walerian Arabczyk, Katarzyna Skulmowska, Rafał Pelka, Zofia Lendzion-Bieluń
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Materials, Vol 15, Iss 3, p 1006 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1996-1944
DOI: 10.3390/ma15031006
Popis: The kinetics of nanocrystalline α-iron nitriding to γ’-iron nitride in an ammonia atmosphere was studied at 598–648 K and at atmospheric pressure. Oscillatory changes in nitriding reaction rates depending on nitrogen concentration in a solid sample were observed. This phenomenon was explained by a gradual change in the iron active surface coverage degree, with nitrogen resulting from a gradual change in the free enthalpy of nitrogen segregation. The α-Fe(N) nanocrystallites’ transformation into γ’-Fe4N went through six metastable FeNx states. The continuous function proposed by Fowler and Guggenheim was modified to a stepwise variable function.
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