Abstract
Gas atomization is a well-known process for obtaining
high quality metallic powders. It produces spherical
high-density particles with a controllable particle size
distribution. We used gas atomization to obtain two
different Ni-Mn-Ga powders and investigated their
microstructure, transformation temperatures and magnetic
properties as well as the effects of heat treatment on
those. The phase and magnetic transformation temperatures
of the powders were considerably lower as compared to
similar conventionally prepared alloys. Nevertheless,
heat treatment of the atomized powder was found to
recover the magnetic properties of the materials,
probably by releasing the residual strains generated by
the rapid solidification during the gas atomization
process. Sintering of powders seemed to start at a
significantly lower temperature when compared to the
powder prepared by ball milling of bulk Ni-Mn-Ga-alloys.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | S879-S882 |
Journal | Materials Today: Proceedings |
Volume | 2 |
Issue number | Supplement 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2015 |
MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Event | International Conference on Martensitic Transformations, ICOMAT 2014 - Bilbao, Spain Duration: 6 Jul 2014 → 11 Jul 2014 |
Keywords
- Ni-Mn-Ga
- gas atomization
- magnetic properties
- microsturcture
- ProperPart