Mössbauer effect in f.c.c. Fe-Ni-C alloys after the ultrasonic impact surface treatment

Mössbauer spectroscopy was used for study of the f.c.c. Fe-30.5%Ni-1.5%C, Fe-30.0%Ni-1.3%C, Fe-30.1%Ni-0.44%Mn-1.22%C, Fe-30.3%Ni alloys after the heat treatment at 1373 K in vacuum and the impact ultrasonic surface treatment in vacuum. The vibration amplitude of the magnetostrictor-wave guide-sample system on the (1–3)kHz frequencies was 20 µm and 28 µm corresponding to the power of impacts of 2.4 and 4.7 J/s. In order to show the redistribution process of carbon under the treatment, the ageing of the Fe-30.0%Ni-1.3%C alloy was carried out at 773 K in vacuum. As shown, the ultrasonics of smaller power does not result in distinctive changes in the hyperfine magnetic structure and solid solution state. The increase of power of impacts does not change the phase composition of the alloys except the atomic redistribution in a solid solution varying the electron spin and charge densities on iron nuclei. The results were analyzed in comparison with the data derived after the low-frequency impact surface treatment.