An Enthalpy of Solution of Cobalt and Nickel in Iron Studied with $\text{}^{57}Fe$ Mössbauer Spectroscopy

The room temperature Mössbauer spectra of $\text{}^{57}Fe$ were measured for iron-based solid solutions $Fe_{1-x}Co_{x}$ and $Fe_{1-x}Ni_{x}$ with x in the range 0.01 ≤ x ≤ 0.05. The obtained data were analysed in terms of the binding energy $E_{b}$ between two Co or Ni atoms in the studied materials using the extended Hrynkiewicz-Królas idea. It was found that the energy is positive or the non-iron atoms interact repulsively. The extrapolated value of $E_{b}$ for x=0 was used for computation of the enthalpy of solution of cobalt and nickel in iron. The results were compared with our previous Mössbauer spectroscopy findings, the values resulting from the Miedema's model of alloys and the data derived from the enthalpy of formation of the Fe-Co and Fe-Ni systems, obtained with calorimetric methods. The comparison shows that the present results are in a qualitative agreement with the Miedema's model predictions and calorimetric measurements but they are at variance with the previous Mössbauer spectroscopy findings.