摘要
The 773 K isothermal section of the La-Fe-Sn ternary system was investigated and constructed by X-ray powder diffraction(XRD).The existence of two reported ternary intermetallic compounds,La6Fe13Sn and La3FeSn6,is confirmed in this work.Compared with other R-Fe-Sn phase diagrams(R = Pr and Sm),the binary alloys Fe3Sn and Fe5Sn3 are not present.The compound Fe3Sn2 was observed from the XRD pattern of Fe3Sn2 samples,but it is not an equilibrium phase at 773 K and decomposes into Fe and FeSn phases completely for a longer heat treated time.Up to now,the crystal structure data of La2Sn3 has not been reported,so the X-ray pattern of La2Sn3 was only estimated.The phase relationship for this compound was drawn by a dotted line.
The 773 K isothermal section of the La-Fe-Sn ternary system was investigated and constructed by X-ray powder diffraction(XRD).The existence of two reported ternary intermetallic compounds,La6Fe13Sn and La3FeSn6,is confirmed in this work.Compared with other R-Fe-Sn phase diagrams(R = Pr and Sm),the binary alloys Fe3Sn and Fe5Sn3 are not present.The compound Fe3Sn2 was observed from the XRD pattern of Fe3Sn2 samples,but it is not an equilibrium phase at 773 K and decomposes into Fe and FeSn phases completely for a longer heat treated time.Up to now,the crystal structure data of La2Sn3 has not been reported,so the X-ray pattern of La2Sn3 was only estimated.The phase relationship for this compound was drawn by a dotted line.