Formation of boron solid solution in Fe-Ni invar upon severe plastic deformation

Abstract

Mossbauer spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy, and magnetic susceptibility measurements have been used to study the process of mechanical synthesis of the solid solution of boron in the matrix of an Fe-Ni alloy. The internal effective field, the Curie temperature, and the lattice parameter of the Fe-Ni austenite were found to increase after severe plastic deformation in Bridgman anvils, which is related to the incorporation of boron into the matrix and the formation of a crystalline supersaturated solid solution coexisting with metastable borides.