Abstract

Iron pentacarbonyl has been thermally decomposed in an organic liquid. M\ossbauer spectroscopy and x-ray diffraction studies show that the sample contains small particles of a metallic glass. Annealing of the particles at 523 K results in crystallization of the particles into a mixture of \ensuremath{\alpha}-Fe and \ensuremath{\chi}-${\mathrm{Fe}}_{5}$${\mathrm{C}}_{2}$. The mechanism of glass formation is discussed.

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