ISSN:
1662-8985
Source:
Scientific.Net: Materials Science & Technology / Trans Tech Publications Archiv 1984-2008
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
A detailed kinetics study of the first-order structural transition in virgin NiTi, Ni47Fe3Ti50,and Ni2+xMn1-xGa (x= 0 and 0.26) manifests the varying role of renucleation-driven austeniticgrowth with the doping-induced disorder and the magnetization state. The austenite transitions wereinvestigated using differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) at heating rates spanning over a decade.They revealed the existence of two Arrhenius processes, with their relative presence, nucleationbarrierenergies, and validity-timescales suggesting that both intra- and inter-domain texturalorderingsundergo de-structuring. In the stoichiometric Ni2MnGa, a single low-energy barrier ( )fast kinetics observed may be attributed wholly to the short-distance textural order-disorder (a nearabsence of bigger, inter-domain interactions). On the other hand, two distinct Arrhenicities arefound in equal strength in NITINOL (NiTi) and Ni47Fe3Ti50, and in unequal proportion inNi2.26Mn0.74Ga, over the full range of temperature scanning rates covered (q= 2.5 to 50°C/min). Therelatively fast nucleation-driven growth dominates higher T-scanning rates, with lower barrieractivation (qhi) (albeit 〉 , due to a change in the twins’ character). Another kinetics with higherbarrier energy (qlo) manifests at slow heatings. The crossover in Ni47Fe3Ti50 is interpreted asincrease in the (disorder-induced) A-domain-size dispersion, which also causes a broadening of thetransition. Parameters characterizing the kinetics of various specimens are examined; comparisonsof the relative energy/time scales of inter- and intra-domain processes made, and theirtransition/crossover temperature discussed
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://www.tib-hannover.de/fulltexts/2011/0528/01/41/transtech_doi~10.4028%252Fwww.scientific.net%252FAMR.52.69.pdf
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