Martensite-austenite and Ferromagnetic-paramagnetic Transformations in Ni2-xAxMn1-yByGa1-zCz (A, B=Co; C=Al) Heusler Alloys

Autor: Viorel Dobrea, Mihai Lozovan, Mihail-Liviu Craus
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Revista de Chimie. 59
ISSN: 2668-8212
0034-7752
DOI: 10.37358/rc.08.12.2058
Popis: Ni2MnGa Heusler alloy is known as a potential smart material. At room temperature it has a L21 type structure, undergoing a martensitic transition (TM) at low temperatures. Some authors have classified Ni-Mn-Ga Heusler alloys on the values of martensitic transformation and Curie temperatures: first group formed by alloys with TM below room temperature and TC, second group with TM around room temperature and third group with TM]TC. The partial substitution of Ni with Mn leads to an increase of the transition temperature and a decrease of the Curie temperature. The Ni2-xMn1+xGa alloys have a complex tetragonal structure at room temperature. The substitution of Ga with Al can change the crystalline and magnetic structure of Heusler alloys: Ni2MnAl is antiferromagnetic for a B2 (CsCl type, with Mn and Al randomly distributed in the center of the cube) structure and ferromagnetic for a L21 (BiF3 type with Mn and Al ordered distributed in the cube center) structure. We intend to put in evidence a dependence between the applied magnetic field on a side, and the transition temperature, on other side, for the Ni2-xAxMn1-yByGa1-zCz (A, B=Co; C=Al) Heusler alloys.
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