The free energy change for the reduction-diffusion reaction which was used
to prepare the DyFe2
Dy2O3(s) + 3Ca(g) + 4Fe(s) = 3CaO(s) + 2DyFe(2)(s)
intermetallic compound powder was calculated. The reduction-diffusion exper
iments were carried out at 1073, 1123, 1273 and 1373 K respectively using p
owders of Dy2O3, iron, and calcium grains as raw materials. XRD and EDX ana
lysis confirmed that DyFe2 was formed by the diffusion of Dy into Fe.