PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Švec, Martin
AU  - Vodičková, Věra
AU  - Hanus, Pavel
TI  - The effect of heat treatment on the structure of Nb and C doped Fe3Al iron aluminides
DP  - 2012 Dec 1
TA  - Manufacturing Technology Journal
PG  - 254--259
VI  - 12
IP  - 2
AID - 10.21062/ujep/x.2012/a/1213-2489/MT/12/2/254
IS  - 12132489
AB  - The alloyed iron aluminides with Fe3Al matrix are used as structural materials. Nb, Zr, Ta additives in combination with carbon appear like promising for high-temperature applications [1, 2]. The carbon addition leads to the formation of carbides (NbC, ZrC, TaC) in the structure of the alloy [2, 3]. The presence of this phase in an appropriate shape could enhance high-temperature mechanical properties of aluminides. The effect of the Nb and C addition and the effect of the heat treatment on the phase composition of this alloy were studied [4, 5]. The alloys investigated in this work were annealed at 1000°C/1h and 1150°C/1h in the air. The phase composition was studied by light optical microscopy (LOM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with energy dispersive analysis (EDX).