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Cast and Rolling Textures of NiMnGa Alloys
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 February 2011
Abstract
The texture of two polycrystalline NiMnGa magnetic shape memory alloys fabricated by directional solidification and hot rolling has been measured with high-energy synchrotron radiation and neutron diffraction. At room temperature the alloys used are composed of a modulated (7M) and non-modulated (NM) martensitic structure. The texture of the directionally solidified alloy for all phases is a pronounced fibre texture with <100> preferentially aligned along the growth direction. In the directionally solidified case a variant selection took place with [001] dominating. The texture of the hot rolled alloy shows a weak recrystallization texture with {111} and <112> aligned parallel to the rolling plane and rolling direction, respectively. The texture results are discussed with respect to material, processing and phase transformations including variant selection.
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- MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1050: Symposium BB – Magnetic Shape Memory Alloys , 2007 , 1050-BB09-03
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- Copyright © Materials Research Society 2008
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