A Mössbauer and structural study of disordered alloys Fe3-xTixAl (0 < x < 1)

A series of the disordered Fe3-xTixAl (x = 0, 0.2, 0.45, 0.55, 0.65, 0.70, 0.75, 1) alloys obtained by arc-melting were studied. Directly after melting the samples were mechanically crashed and in that form examined by the structural and Mössbauer effect methods. The alloys were strongly disordered, but it was possible to identify, apart from Fe-bcc phase, the origins of forming such phases as Fe2TiAl Heusler phase, Fe3Al with DO3 structure, FeAl and FeTi with B2 structure and non-stechiometric Fe2Ti Laves phase with hexagonal C14 structure. For Ti concentration up to x = 0.45, the disordered Fe-bcc phase dominates. For Ti concentration from x = 0.55 to x = 1, the Fe2TiAl phase coexists with FeAl phase (for x = 0.55, 0.65) and with FeTi phase (x = 0.7 and 0.75). In a sample with the nominal Fe2TiAl composition of Fe2TiAl Heusler phase, a non-stoichiometric Fe2Ti Laves phase with hexagonal C14 structure was observed.