Physical properties of a rapidly quenched Al-Fe alloys

Abstract
X-ray diffraction, thermal analysis, transmission electron microscopy, electron diffraction, bulk magnetisation and 57Fe Mossbauer effect measurements have been used to study the structure and stability of rapidly quenched Al100-xFex alloys for 24Fe. Mossbauer results indicate an Fe environment in the quasicrystalline phase with a lower symmetry and closer Al neighbours than in crystalline Al6Fe.