Published September 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Change in microstructure during training of a Ni50Mn29Ga21 bicrystal

  • 1. Institut fuer Strukturphysik, Technische Universitaet Dresden, D-01062 Dresden (Germany)
  • 2. Fraunhofer-Institut fuer Werkzeugmaschinen und Umformtechnik, D-01187 Dresden (Germany)
  • 3. Leibniz-Institut fuer Festkoerper- und Werkstoffforschung, D-01069 Dresden (Germany)

Description

The change in microstructure during training of a Ni50Mn29Ga21 bicrystal was investigated by electron backscatter diffraction in a scanning electron microscope. The martensitic variants form macro and micro twins which are twin related with each other. The twin plane is of type. To achieve magnetic field induced strain in Ni-Mn-Ga alloys, a training process was applied. This process consists of successively compressing the sample along two axes. As a result the twinning stress is reduced and the twinning strain is maximized.

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Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2010.05.028

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.scriptamat.2010.05.028;
PII
S1359-6462(10)00353-2;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Scripta Materialia
Journal Volume
63
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 548-551
ISSN
1359-6462
CODEN
SCMAF7

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