Open Access
Issue
ESOMAT 2009
2009
Article Number 07012
Number of page(s) 4
Section Applied Research and Applications: Applications
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/esomat/200907012
Published online 01 September 2009
ESOMAT 2009, 07012 (2009)
DOI: 10.1051/esomat/200907012

Texture and magnetic anisotropy of polycrystalline extruded rods of Ni-Mn-Ga alloys

H. Morawiec1, J. Lelątko1, T. Goryczka1, K. Prusik1 and St. Piechota2

1  Institute of Materials Science – University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
2  Institute of Physics – PAS, Warszawa, Poland

henryk.morawiec@us.edu.pl

Published online: 1 September 2009

Abstract
It is well known that a relatively high magnetic anisotropy and magnetic field can induce strain in the polycrystalline Ni-M-Ga alloy, especially, in the preferred <001> orientation. A significant technological improvement may be achieved by producing textured rods with axial orientation. This was realized by rods extrusion at high temperature with a proper reduction rate. The paper concerns the comparison of texture, magnetization and magneto-crystalline anisotropy constant for samples cut out from the columnar grain zone and cut from extruded rods.



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