In-Situ High-Energy X-Ray Diffuse-Scattering Study of the Phase Transition in a Ni2MnGa Ferromagnetic Shape-Memory Crystal |
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Authors: | Gang Wang Yan-Dong Wang Yang Ren Yandong Liu Peter K. Liaw |
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Affiliation: | (1) Key Laboratory for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials (Ministry of Education), Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110004, People’s Republic of China;(2) X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA;(3) Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA |
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Abstract: | The full information on the changes in many crystallographic aspects, including the structural and microstructural characterizations, during the phase transformation is essential for understanding the phase transition and “memory” behavior in the ferromagnetic shape-memory alloys. In the present article, the defects-related microstructural features connected to the premartensitic and martensitic transition of a Ni2MnGa single crystal under a uniaxial pressure of 50 MPa applied along the [110] crystallographic direction were studied by the in-situ high-energy X-ray diffuse-scattering experiments. The analysis of the characteristics of diffuse-scattering patterns around different sharp Bragg spots suggests that the influences of some defect clusters on the pressure-induced phase-transition sequences of Ni2MnGa are significant. Our experiments show that an intermediate phase is produced during the premartensitic transition in the Ni2MnGa single crystal, which is favorable for the nucleation of a martensitic phase. The compression stress along the [110] direction of the Heusler phase can promote the premartensitic and martensitic transition of the Ni2MnGa single crystal. This article is based on a presentation given in the symposium entitled “Neutron and X-Ray Studies for Probing Materials Behavior,” which occurred during the TMS Spring Meeting in New Orleans, LA, March 9–13, 2008, under the auspices of the National Science Foundation, TMS, the TMS Structural Materials Division, and the TMS Advanced Characterization, Testing, and Simulation Committee. |
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