Local structures of mechanically alloyed Fe100—xCux solid soulutions studied by X—ray absorption fine structure

The local structures of the immiscible Fe100-xCux alloys(x=0,10,20,40,60,80and100)produced by mechanical alloying have been investigated by XAFS.For the Fe100-xCux(x≥40) solid solutions,the local structures around Fe atoms change from bcc structure to fcc one and the Cu atoms maintain the original coordination geometry after milling for 160 hours.On the contrary,the local structures around Cu atoms in both of Fe80Cu20 and Fe90 Cu10 alloys appear a transition from fcc to bcc structure.We found that the Debye-waller factor σof fcc Fe-Cu phase is larger than that of bcc F-Cu phase,and the σ(0.099A°)around Fe atoms is larger than that (0.089A°) of Cu in the Fe100-xCux(x≥40)solid solutions,This suggests that the mechanically alloyed Fe100-xCux supersaturated solid solution is not a homogeneous alloy,and consists of Fe-rich and Cu-rich regions for various compositions.A possible mechanism for bcc-to-fcc and fcc-to-bcc changes in Fe100-xCux solid solutions is discussed in relation to the interdiffusion and transition induced by the ball milling.