Abstract
Microstructure and martensitic transformation yielding a magnetic change were investigated for Fe43.5Mn34Al15Ni 7.5 alloy with B2-type fine precipitates. Thermoelastic martensitic transformation from the ferromagnetic parent phase to the weak magnetic martensite with a nano-twinned fcc structure was confirmed. High-angle annular dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopic observation revealed that a β particle of about 10 nm maintains coherency with the matrix martensite phase, even though distorted due to the martensitic transformation. The martensitic transformation temperatures decreased about 75 K by application of a magnetic field of 70 kOe and magnetic field-induced reverse martensitic transformation was confirmed.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 231907 |
Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
Volume | 101 |
Issue number | 23 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2012 Dec 3 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)