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Transformations in the Fe – N system

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Data on the recent state of the binary Fe – N diagram are presented. Experimental works devoted to synthesis of high-nitrogen iron phases and transformations in them are reviewed. Results of studies of phase transformations in nitrided powders due to heating in various atmospheres are described.

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Translated from Metallovedenie i Termicheskaya Obrabotka Metallov, No. 10, pp. 5 – 15, October, 2010.

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Kardonina, N.I., Yurovskikh, A.S. & Kolpakov, A.S. Transformations in the Fe – N system. Met Sci Heat Treat 52, 457–467 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11041-010-9301-y

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