cooling rates was investigated. In most of the cases, the monoclinic beta-Al 9 Fe 2 Si 2
phase was observed as long and thin lamellae. However, at a very slow cooling rate, Fe-
bearing precipitates with Chinese script morphology appeared together with lamellae.
Further analysis showed all these Chinese script precipitates correspond also to the
monoclinic beta phase. This finding stresses that differentiating second phases according to …