Effect of solidification rate of the structure of alloys of the system Fe-W

Conclusion In alloy Fe-42% W atomized with a cooling rate during solidification within the limits from 5·10³ to 1·10⁵°C/sec with the maximum cooling rate (not less than 10⁵°C/sec) precipitation of -phase (Fe₇W₆) from the liquid melt is suppressed. In granules of alloy obtained with a high solidification rate it is possible to achieve total dissolution of tungsten in solid solution (42%). Subsequent heating causes precipitation of -phase in dispersed form.I. P. Bardin Central Scientific-Research Institute of Ferrous Metallurgy (TsNIIChERMET) Moscow. Translated from Metallovedenie i Termicheskaya Obrabotka Metallov, No. 9, pp. 34–36, September, 1990.