Ni-Mn-Ga single crystals with very low twinning stress
Twinning stress or mechanical hysteresis associated with the twin boundary motion is one of the most essential parameters which determine the actuating performance of magnetic shape memory alloys. Recent effort at AdaptaMat Ltd. to decrease the twinning stress resulted in a consistent production of...
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Published in | Journal of physics. Conference series Vol. 303; no. 1; pp. 012079 - 10 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Bristol
IOP Publishing
06.07.2011
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Summary: | Twinning stress or mechanical hysteresis associated with the twin boundary motion is one of the most essential parameters which determine the actuating performance of magnetic shape memory alloys. Recent effort at AdaptaMat Ltd. to decrease the twinning stress resulted in a consistent production of Ni-Mn-Ga magnetic shape memory single crystals with the twinning stress of about 0.1 MPa, which is much lower than previously reported. In this work, the mechanical and magnetomechanical response of the developed crystals is discussed in detail and the importance of adjustment of the twin microstructure for obtaining an optimal actuating behavior is illustrated. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 1742-6596 1742-6588 1742-6596 |
DOI: | 10.1088/1742-6596/303/1/012079 |