Iron-Nickel Alloy with Starfish-like Shape and Its Unique Magnetic Properties: Effect of Reaction Volume and Metal Concentration on the Synthesized Alloy

Iron-nickel alloy is an example of bimetallic nanostructures magnetic alloy, which receives intensive and significant attention in recent years due to its desirable superior ferromagnetic and mechanical characteristics. In this work, a unique starfish-like shape of an iron-nickel alloy with unique magnetic properties was presented using a simple, effective, high purity, and low-cost chemical reduction. There is no report on the synthesis of such novel shape without complex precursors and/or surfactants that increase production costs and introduce impurities, so far. The synthesis of five magnetic iron-nickel alloys with varying iron to nickel molar ratios (10–50% Fe) was undertaken by simultaneously reducing Fe(II) and Ni(II) solution using hydrazine hydrate as a reducing agent in strong alkaline media for 15 min at 95–98 °C. The effect of reaction volume and total metal concentration on the properties of the synthesized alloys was studied. Alloy morphology, chemical composition, crystal structure, thermal stability, and magnetic properties of synthesized iron-nickel alloys were characterized by means of SEM, TEM, EDX, XRD, DSC and VSM. ImageJ software was used to calculate the size of the synthesized alloys. A deviation from Vegard’s law was recorded for iron molar ration higher than 30%., in which superstructure phase of FeNi3 was formed and the presence of defects in it, as well as the dimensional effects of nanocrystals. The saturation magnetization (Ms), coercivity (Hc), retentivity (Mr), and squareness are strongly affected by the molar ratio of iron and nickel and reaction volume as well as the total metal concentration.

Phase composition of galvanic iron-nickel alloys obtained using pulsed current

The paper presents the results of studying the phase composition of iron-nickel alloys obtained by unsteady electrolysis. It was found that the use of a unipolar pulse current leads to a significant increase in the crystallization overvoltage at the crystallization front at the moment of the pulse action, which affects the component composition of the coatings. The phase composition of the alloys formed at the cathode differs from that shown in the iron-nickel equilibrium diagram.

INVESTIGATION OF THE MATERIAL QUALITY PARAMETERS OF THE SURFACE LAYER OF THE PART WHEN PROCESSING WITH ELBOROV GRINDING WHEELS ON A GALVANIC BUNDLE

The article considers the results of research on the influence of technological conditions when processing circles made of cubic boron nitride on the main quality parameters of the surface layer of parts made of a material with a high Nickel content. The advantages of the deep grinding method for processing iron-Nickel alloys with grinding wheels made of cubic boron nitride on a galvanic bond are presented.

Role of Impurity Sulphur in the Ductility Trough of Austenitic Iron–Nickel Alloys

The role of impurity sulphur in the ductility trough of iron–nickel (Fe–Ni) alloys is investigated using hot tensile tests. A strong detrimental effect of some ppm levels of sulphur is demonstrated. In addition, it is shown that, in the ductility trough, material failure occurs through subcritical grain boundary crack propagation, involving dynamic embrittlement at the crack tip, due to the sulphur. Very high intergranular crack growth rates are observed. This is possible because plastic deformation accelerates the transport of sulphur to the crack tip, by several orders of magnitude, compared to normal bulk diffusion. The ductility is recovered at high strain rates, which correlates with a decrease in the sulphur concentration measured on the fracture surface. It is suggested that the main mechanism of sulphur transport is dragging by moving dislocations.