Va. Drebushchak et Ta. Kravchenko, The Fe-Ni distribution between pentlandite and monosulfide solid solution equalized at low temperature, J THERM ANA, 56(2), 1999, pp. 925-929
Two mixtures of pentlandite and the monosulfide solid solution (mss) have b
een synthesized. The bulk compositions of the samples are Fe6Ni3S8 and Fe3N
i6S8. Differential scanning calorimetry detected exothermic process in the
samples under heating. The process takes place in temperature range between
phase transition in the mss (near 400 K) and 690 K and is governed by diff
usion.
X-ray powder diffraction has showed that equilibrium Fe-Ni distribution bet
ween pentlandite and the mss is achieved after short-time heating up to 670
K.