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Title: | Synthesis, characterization and thermodynamic stability of nanostructured ε-iron carbonitride powder prepared by a solid-state mechanochemical route | Authors: | Rounaghi, Seyyed Amin VANPOUCKE, Danny E.P. Esmaeili, E. Scudino, S. Eckert, J. |
Issue Date: | 2019 | Publisher: | ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA | Source: | JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS, 778, p. 327-336 | Abstract: | Nanostructured epsilon iron carbonitride (ε-Fe3CxN1-x, x ~ 0.05) powder with high purity (>97 wt%) was synthesized through a simple mechanochemical reaction between metallic iron and melamine. Various characterization techniques were employed to investigate the chemical and physical characteristics of the milling intermediates and the final products. The thermodynamic stability of the different phases in the Fe-C-N ternary system, including nitrogen and carbon doped structures were studied through density functional theory (DFT) calculations. A Boltzmann-distribution model was developed to qualitatively assess the stability and the proportion of the different milling products vs. milling energy. The theoretical and experimental results revealed that the milling products mainly comprise the ε-Fe3CxN1-x phase with a mean crystallite size of around 15 nm and a trace of amorphous carbon material. The thermal stability and magnetic properties of the milling products were thoroughly investigated. The synthesized ε-Fe3CxN1-x exhibited thermal stabilities up to 473 K and 673 K in air and argon atmospheres, respectively, and soft magnetic properties with a saturation magnetization of around 125 emu/g. | Keywords: | DFT calculations; Magnetic properties; Mechanochemical synthesis; Nanostructured iron carbonitride; Thermal stability | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/27473 | ISSN: | 0925-8388 | e-ISSN: | 1873-4669 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.11.007 | ISI #: | WOS:000455179500040 | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2020 |
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