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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 January 2011
The effect of fine M2C particles on the recrystallization temperature and high temperature strength of warm rolled Fe3Al base alloys was investigated. Fe-27Al-1.2C-2Cr-xMo (x: 0.3, 0.9) alloys (in at.%) were arc melted, warm rolled and annealed. TEM observations have revealed that fine M2C particles were present in the alloy containing 0.9% Mo but not in the alloy with 0.3% Mo after warm rolling. The recrystallization temperature increased from 740 °C to 810 °C when the Mo content is increased from 0.3 to 0.9 due to the presence of fine M2C particles. Tensile tests conducted on annealed samples with fine sub-grained matrix have shown that the introduction of fine M2C particles is effective to enhance the proof stress at 600 °C.