Microstructural And Crystallographic Characteristics Of Modulated Martensite, Non-Modulated Martensite, And Pre-Martensitic Tweed Austenite In Ni-Mn-Ga Alloys

Keywords

Austenite; Martensitic transformation; Microstructure and crystallography; Ni-Mn-Ga

Abstract

A combinatorial approach using diffusion couples and TEM analyses was carried out to investigate the composition-dependent martensitic transformation in NiMnGa alloys. The compositions cover a large portion of the off-stoichiometric Ni2MnGa compositions and some Mn-rich compositions. Crystallographic variations of the martensitic phase, including non-modulated (NM) martensite, modulated (5M or 7M) martensite, and austenitic phase were identified in the diffusion couples and investigated with respect to their microstructure and crystallography. The 5M and 7M martensitic structures were only found near the interphase boundary between austenite and martensite, while the NM martensitic structures were found mostly away from the interphase boundary. The tetragonality ratio (c/a) for NM martensite generally increases with e/a ratio, but was also dependent on the composition. The habit plane and martensitic microstructure that consists of twinned variants with differing orientations were documented using electron diffraction. The pre-martensitic state was observed in the austenitic phase that was located near the interphase boundary between austenite and martensite, with distinctive tweed microstructure and a strain field originating from the local lattice distortions. The combinatorial approach proves to be efficient and systematic in studying the composition-dependent martensitic transformation in NiMnGa alloys and can be potentially applied to other shape memory alloys.

Publication Date

8-1-2017

Publication Title

Acta Materialia

Volume

134

Number of Pages

93-103

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2017.05.050

Socpus ID

85020242413 (Scopus)

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https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85020242413

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