Conditions for the Violation of Concentrational Homogeneity of Fe–Ni Invar Alloys

Abstract

Conditions for the formation of microconcentration inhomogeneities in Fe–Ni alloys, which can decrease their invar characteristics, are determined. The nickel separation can be reached in the course of short-term annealing as a result of deformation-induced nickel segregation, nickel redistribution between martensite and austenite and between ferrite and austenite as well.