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ESOMAT 2009
2009
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Article Number | 04001 | |
Number of page(s) | 6 | |
Section | Principles, Simulations, Materials: Advanced Materials | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/esomat/200904001 | |
Published online | 01 September 2009 |
DOI: 10.1051/esomat/200904001
Determining the liquidus and ordering temperatures of the ternary NiMn-Ga and quaternary Ni-Mn-Ga-Fe/Cu alloys
I. Aaltio1, O. Söderberg1, M. Friman1, I. Glavatskyy2, Y. Ge1, N. Glavatska2 and S-P. Hannula11 Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Helsinki University of Technology, P.O. Box 6200, FI-02015 TKK, Espoo, Finland.
2 Institute for Metal Physics, National Academy of Science of Ukraine, 36 Vernadsky blvd., UA-03680, Kiev, Ukraine.
ilkka.aaltio@tkk.fi
Published online: 1 September 2009
Abstract
The high temperature transformations (e.g. liquidus, ordering temperature) of the alloys
Ni47.7Mn31.2Ga21.1,
Ni49.7Mn28.7Ga21.6, and
Ni49.6Mn24.0Ga26.6,
Ni47.3Mn30.3Ga20.3Fe2.1,
Ni49.9Mn28.3Ga20.1Fe1.7,
Ni51.3Mn14.4Ga26.3Fe8.0,
Ni47.3Mn25.5Ga24.5Cu2.7,
Ni48.3Mn29.7Ga21.1Cu0.9, and
Ni49.4Mn23.3Ga25.6Cu1.7 were studied for the
practical melting and annealing purposes. At first the chemical compositions (SEM-EDS) and
the martensitic and magnetic transition temperatures (DSC, ac magnetic susceptibility) of the
alloys were determined. High temperature DSC measurements were made in argon with 10 K/min. Two
first measurements were carried out in the solid state (301 - 1273 K) and in the
third measurement the material was melted (max meas. temp. 1573 K). The ordering
temperature was obtained from the measurements in the solid state. As the e/a
ratio was above 7.53 the ordering temperature was in the range of 1019-1039 K,
otherwise a clear change was observed. The variation in heating and cooling was less than
5 K with small quaternary additions, but alloying of 8% Fe increased this difference to
18 K. Alloys with close Ni/Mn/Ga-ratio showed only minor differences in solidus and
liquidus temperatures, but if there was a clear change in the Ni/Mn-ratio even those
alloys having close e/a ratios showed a clear difference in melting behavior. When
Ni/Mn is 1.5-1.6 the liquidus was 1364±2 K, and with 1.7-1.8 it is 1384±5 K, while
with higher values not clear region could be determined.
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