“…Due to high porosity of the product, SHS processes followed by milling can be easily applied for the production of FeAl powder for further compaction [27], not to obtain the final product. Even a strong deformation by a hot extrusion during the Fe þ Al reaction does not eliminate the porosity completely [28]. However, it was proved in our previous work that a silicon addition can reduce the porosity significantly by changing the reaction mechanism [14,15].…”