Title
Fe-Ni Alloy Synthesis Based on Nitrates Thermal Decomposition Followed by H<inf>2</inf> Reduction
Date Issued
01 December 2014
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Moura F.J.
de Albuquerque Brocchi E.
de Siqueira R.N.C.
de Souza R.F.M.
Publisher(s)
Springer Boston
Abstract
Iron-nickel alloys have been synthesized through thermal decomposition of nitrates aqueous solutions followed by H2 reduction. The effect of temperature [773 K to 973 K (500 °C to 700 °C)] over the oxide reduction kinetics has been studied. The results indicate that at 973 K (700 °C) and for a reaction time of 90 minutes, it was possible to obtain Fe-Ni alloys with distinct compositions. The X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD) of the initial oxide mixture has shown distinct peaks of iron and nickel oxides (Fe2O3, NiO, and Fe2NiO4). The same analysis for the reduced samples suggests that alloying has taken place. Indeed, the Rietveld analysis of the XRD patterns indicates the presence of two solid solutions—alpha (BCC) and FeNi3 (FCC), with varying mass percent depending on the initial Fe to Ni ratio, in accordance with the information contained in the Fe-Ni phase diagram. The calculated alloy average crystallite size has shown to be equal to 26 nm. Total magnetization measurements suggest a superparamagnetic behavior, which is a typical result for magnetic materials of considerable nanostructured content, in accordance with the expectation based on the quantitative evaluation of the XRD data.
Start page
2033
End page
2039
Volume
45
Issue
6
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería de materiales
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84925494134
Source
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science
ISSN of the container
10735615
Sponsor(s)
The authors are grateful to CNPq, FAPERJ, and CAPES for the financial support and scholarships.
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