High strain in polycrystalline Ni{sub 48.8}Mn{sub 31.4}Ga{sub 19.8} Heusler alloys under overlapped static and oscillating magnetic fields
- Department of Physics, State University of Maringá, Av. Colombo 5790, Maringá - PR 87020-900 (Brazil)
- Technological Federal University of Paraná, Av. Alberto Carazzai 1640, Cornélio Procópio - PR 86300-000 (Brazil)
- Department of Physics, Federal University of São Carlos, Rod. Washington Luiz, Km 235, São Carlos - SP 13565-905 (Brazil)
Martensitic polycrystalline Ni{sub 48.8}Mn{sub 31.4}Ga{sub 19.8} Heusler alloys, with a stacking period of 14 atomic planes at room temperature, were innovatively processed by combining high-energy ball milling and powder metallurgy. Bulk samples were mechanically coupled to a piezoelectric material in a parallel configuration, and the mechanical deformation of the studied system due to the twin's variant motion was investigated under overlapped static and oscillating magnetic fields. A reversible and high mechanical deformation is observed when the frequency of the oscillating magnetic field is tuned with the natural vibration frequency of this system. In this condition, a linear deformation as a function of the static magnetic field amplitude occurs in the ±4 kOe range, and a mechanical deformation of 2% at 10 kOe is observed.
- OSTI ID:
- 22306024
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 116, Issue 11; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-8979
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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