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Nanostructured (Fe0.5Ni0.5)92Zr5B3 alloy was prepared by milling a blend of pre-alloyed Fe50Ni50 precursor and high purity chemical elemental powders of Zr and B in a high-energy ball mill setup. Rietveld refinement of the X-ray diffraction pattern of the final sample (30 h of milling) revealed presence of two Fe–Ni rich phases [disordered fcc γ–(Fe,Ni) alloy with Zr and B and the atomically ordered FeNi] with grain sizes in nanometer scale. Fe and Ni atoms were locally probed using extended X-ray absorption fine structure EXAFS and 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy. Whilst EXAFS analysis of milled samples suggested structural properties similar to the pre-alloyed precursor, Mössbauer data have shown the Fe2B phase formation after 3 h of milling, suggesting that the final material consists of nanograins of ordered FeNi (8%) and Fe2B (6%) phases dispersed in solid solution of γ–(Fe,Ni) alloy rich in nickel (86%) with Zr and B atoms impregnated in grain boundary defects.
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This work was supported by the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS) under proposal XAFS1 – 1304. The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support provided by the National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development, FONDECYT [contract 011-2014-FONDECYT], FAPERJ-Brazil (Emeritus fellowship, EBS, E26/210.715/2014, E-26/010.002990/2014 grants), FINEP, FAPES, CNPq, and Latin American Center of Physics. The authors would also like to acknowledge the San Marcos National University for providing research facilities and financial support [CSI-projects: 061301011-0801301011-091301031].
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V.A. Peña Rodríguez: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing-Original draft preparation, Project administration, Funding acquisition. J. Medina Medina: Investigation, Validation, Data curation, Software, Resources. C. Rojas-Ayala: Software, Formal analysis, Investigation. P. Paucar Cabrera: Investigation. C.V. Landauro: Writing, reviewing and editing, Funding acquisition, Visualization. J. Quispe-Marcatoma: Investigation, Formal analysis, Resources. J. Rojas Tapia: Software, Visualization. E.M. Baggio-Saitovitch: Writing, reviewing and editing, Formal analysis, Conceptualization. E.C. Passamani: Writing, reviewing and editing, Formal analysis, Visualization.
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Peña Rodríguez, V.A., Medina Medina, J., Rojas-Ayala, C. et al. Nanostructured FeNiZrB powders synthesized by high-energy ball milling: structural and hyperfine characterizations. Hyperfine Interact 242, 27 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10751-021-01758-y
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