For many years Fe3Al based alloys have been of interest because of their excellent oxidation and sulphidation resistance. However, there are still some obstacles to industrial application of these materials, including the poor hot workability of Fe3Al based alloys. Four types ofhot working (hotrolling, hotforging, hotpressing, and hotpressing plus hot forging) for the processing of Fe3Al ingots have been studied in the present work, and the results indicate that a combination of hot pressing and hot forging might be an optimal method for breakdown of the Fe3Al ingot.
