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Aluminum-Iron Binary Alloy Phase Diagram (based on 1990 Kattner U.R.)

Publication Year

1990 [1]

Diagram type
Concentration range

binary phase diagram

full composition; 0-100 at.% Fe

Temperature

400 to 1600 C

Nature of investigation
APDIC diagram

experimental
Yes

Unique ID No.

900089

Title

Al-Fe (Aluminum-Iron)

Publication
Language

Binary Alloy Phase Diagrams, II Ed., Ed. T.B. Massalski

English

Authors

Kattner U.R., National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland,

U.S.A.

Original diagram

Fe-Al phase diagram

Original scope

T[400-1600 C] vs. Al conc.[0-100 at.%]

Original size

9/12

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Remarks

Crystal data for the complete system

APD phase label
Published phase label

Formula

Pearson symbol Density Mg/m3

Prototype

Space group

Volume nm

Cell parameters
nm

Ref

Phases shown in this diagram:

(Al)
(Al)

cF4
Fm-3m

2.7
0.0664

a=0.40497 =90
b=0.40497 =90
c=0.40497 =90
T=295 K

Fe4Al12.946 Fe4Al13

mS102
C12/m1

3.84
1.48688

a=1.5492
b=0.8078
c=1.2471

FeAl2.8

oS24
Cmcm

4.21
0.20719

a=0.76559 =90
b=0.64154 =90
c=0.42184 =90

4.24
0.263687

a=0.4878 =87.927
b=0.6461 =74.452 [6]
c=0.87476 =83.11

Al

Fe4Al13
FeAl3
FeAl2.8
Fe2Al5
Fe6.5Al11.5 rt

Cu

FeAl2.8

Fe6.5Al11.5 Fe5(Fe0.5Al0.5)3Al10 aP18

P1

FeAl2
Fe2Al3 ht

[3]

=90
=107.69 [4]
=90
[5]

(no data)

FeAl
FeAl
Fe3Al rt
Fe3Al
(Fe) ht
(Fe)
(Fe) rt
(Fe)

FeAl

CsCl

cP2
Pm-3m

5.6
0.02457

a=0.2907
b=0.2907
c=0.2907

=90
=90
=90

[7]

Fe3Al

BiF3

cF16
Fm-3m

6.61
0.19562

a=0.5805
b=0.5805
c=0.5805

=90
=90
=90

[8]

Fe

Cu

cF4
Fm-3m

6.98
0.0532

a=0.376
b=0.376
c=0.376

=90
=90
=90

[9]

cI2
Im-3m

7.89
0.0235

a=0.28652 =90
b=0.28652 =90
c=0.28652 =90
T=297 K

Fe

[10]

Phases shown in other Al-Fe diagrams:

FeAl ht

(no data)

Fe3Al2 rt

(no data)

Fe7Al3 ht

(no data)

Fe13Al3 rt

(no data)

Reaction data selected for the complete system

Reaction
L + FeAl Fe2Al3 ht
Fe2Al3 ht FeAl + Fe6.5Al11.5
Fe2Al3 ht + FeAl2.8 Fe6.5Al11.5
L Fe2Al3 ht + FeAl2.8
L FeAl2.8
L + FeAl2.8 + Fe4Al13
L Fe4Al13 + (Al)

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%A

%B

%C

Temperature, C

Reaction type

Ref

40

48

42

1232

Peritectic

[2]

39

45

34

1102

Eutectoid

[2]

35

30

33.3

1160

Peritectoid

[2]

35.2

30

31.5

29

1165

Eutectic

[2]

1169

Congruent

[2]

25

28

25

1160

unknown

[2]

0.9

23.4

655

Eutectic

[2]

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Pure metal melting points and allotropic transformations

Element phase Common name

Reaction

Temperature, C Prototype Pearson symbol Space group

(Al)

Al

L (Al)

660.452

Cu

cF4

(Fe) ht2

Fe (Fe)

L (Fe) ht2

1538

cI2

Im-3m

(Fe) ht1

Fe

(Fe) ht2 (Fe) ht1 1394

Cu

cF4

Fm-3m

(Fe) rt

Fe

(Fe) ht1 (Fe) rt

cI2

Im-3m

912

Fm-3m

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alanates, J. Alloys Compd., Vol.375, 2004, p 1-10
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quasihomological homeotypical structures, Z. Kristallogr., Vol.209, 1994, p 479-487
[5] Burkhardt U., Grin Y., Ellner M., and Peters K., Structure Refinement of the Iron-Aluminium Phase with the
Approximate Composition Fe2Al5, Acta Crystallogr. B, Vol.50, 1994, p 313-316
[6] Corby R.N., and Black P.J., The Structure of FeAl2 by Anomalous Dispersion Methods, Acta Crystallogr. B, Vol.29, 1973,
p 2669-2677
[7] Van Der Kraan A.M., and Buschow K.H.J., THE 57Fe MSSBAUER ISOMER SHIFT IN INTERMETALLIC COMPOUNDS OF
IRON, Physica B+C (Amsterdam), Vol.138, 1986, p 55-62
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MATERIALS, J. Magn. Magn. Mater., Vol.38, 1983, p 1-22
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J. Magn. Magn. Mater., Vol.151, 1995, p 221-224
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p 725-729

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