Influence of boron on the microstructural and mechanical properties of Ni{sub 53.5}Mn{sub 26.0}Ga{sub 20.5} shape memory alloy
- Department of Physics, Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies, IIIT-Campus, Gachibowli, Hyderabad - 500 032 (India)
Boron addition to Ni{sub 53.5}Mn{sub 26.0}Ga{sub 20.5} alloy is found to modify the microstructure and mechanical properties substantially. Studies on (Ni{sub 53.5}Mn{sub 26.0}Ga{sub 20.5})B{sub x} alloys reveal that boron addition causes grain refinement which led to an increase in compressive strength in x=0.5 alloy which also retained multimode twinning. Substantial second phase segregation rich in Ni was seen at grain boundaries, the extent of which increased with boron content. This led to a compositional shift in the matrix phase which resulted in a reduction in the martensitic transformation temperature and which in turn caused an easy deformation at low stresses and suppression of multimode twinning in x=1.0 alloy.
- OSTI ID:
- 22269375
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1591, Issue 1; Conference: 58. DAE solid state physics symposium 2013, Patiala, Punjab (India), 17-21 Dec 2013; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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