Effect of thermal treatment and ball milling on microstructure and phase transformation of Ni−Mn−Ga−Nb alloys

Autor: Feng Chen, Bing Tian, Li Li, Wang Junsong, Yunxiang Tong
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China. 29:2117-2127
ISSN: 1003-6326
DOI: 10.1016/s1003-6326(19)65118-6
Popis: To clarify phase transformation evolution of Nb-doped Ni−Mn−Ga bulk alloys after aging and ball milling, the microstructure and phase transformation of the aged and ball-milled dual-phase Nb-doped Ni−Mn−Ga alloys were investigated by SEM, EDS, XRD, DSC and susceptibility measurements. The as-cast alloys were mainly composed of the second phase with layer-shape and presented a reduced martensitic transformation with increasing the second phase content. The second phase transformed from layer-shape to dense bar-shape and the martensitic transformation was enhanced after being quenched at 1173 K. After aging at 673 and 873 K, the 3% Nb alloy with less second phase exhibited a single-step phase transformation, whereas the 6% Nb and 9% Nb alloys with more second phase exhibited a two-step martensitic transformation and Curie transition. The martensitic transformation and Curie transition of the as-milled dual-phase particles disappeared and were retrieved after annealing at 1073 K due to the recovery of high ordered structure of the matrix.
Databáze: OpenAIRE