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ICOSAHEDRAL PHASE OF Al65Cu25Fe15
Author(s) -
Luciano Nascimento
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of experimental techniques and instrumentation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2595-1106
DOI - 10.30609/jeti.v4i01.7558
Subject(s) - quasicrystal , icosahedral symmetry , materials science , alloy , microstructure , phase (matter) , crystallography , metastability , scanning electron microscope , diffraction , energy dispersive x ray spectroscopy , electron diffraction , ternary operation , analytical chemistry (journal) , metallurgy , chemistry , composite material , optics , programming language , physics , organic chemistry , chromatography , computer science
The present work aimed to characterize the microstructure of the icosahedral phase (quasicrystalline phase-ϕ) of the system with stoichiometric composition of the quasicrystal Al65Cu25Fe15 . The ternary alloy with nominal composition of Al63Cu25Fe12 was processed by mechanical alloying (MA) as a viable solid state processing method for producing various metastable and stable quasicrystalline phases. The structural characterization of the obtained samples was performed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), while the elemental composition was determined by dispersive energy spectroscopy (DES). The diffraction patterns of Al65Cu25Fe15 showed the presence of ω-Al7Cu2Fe , β-Al(Fe, Cu) and λ-Al13Fe4 phases that coexist with the thermodynamic quasicrystalline phase-ϕ. Finally, elemental analysis indicates that during alloy synthesis there is little variation of the ideal composition. The results indicate that alloys with high percentage of icosahedral phase can be obtained by casting in the air.

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