Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Theoretical Analysis of Binary Fe-N Phase Diagrams at Low Temperatures

LEI Ming-Kai; WANG Xing-Jun   

  1. Surface Engineering Laboratory; Department of Materials Engineering; Dalian University of Technology; Dalian 116024; China
  • Received:2002-06-05 Revised:2002-07-15 Published:2003-07-20 Online:2003-07-20

Abstract: he binary Fe-N phase diagrams at the low temperatures were calculated by using a two-sublattice version of the Compound Energy Model (CEM). The phase
equilibrium of α-Fe(N) and γ’-Fe4N, and γ-Fe4N and ε-Fe2N1-x was respectively obtained in the temperature range of 25~350 ℃. The α-Fe(N), γ’-Fe4N, and
ε-Fe2N1-x phases are thermodynamically stable at the low temperatures. The calculated binary Fe-N phase diagram by using the Guillermet
and Du’s parameters describing the thermodynamic properties of Fe-N phases was confirmed from the available experimental data at the low temperatures.

Key words: binary Fe-N phase diagram, thermodynamics, model

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