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Microstructure characterization, structure and magnetic properties of Ni–Mn–Sn shape memory alloys

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In this study, three shape memory alloys, Mn50Ni50-xSnx (x = 5, 7.5, and 10), were elaborated by melt spinning. The structure, microstructure, and magnetic properties of these alloys were carried out by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and physical property measurement system, respectively. The experimental results showed that the increase in Sn ratio caused a phase transformation. The structure of the martensite phase (for x = 5 and 7.5) was seen as a monoclinic 14 M structure, while the structure of the austenite phase (for x = 10) was observed as a cubic L21 structure. We revealed that the addition of Sn led to an almost linear decrease in martensitic transition temperatures, due to the decrease in valence electron ratio (e/a). We explored that for x = 10, the martensitic transition that occurs from the ferromagnetic austenite to weakly magnetic martensite was realized due to the strong magnetostructural coupling in this alloy. Also, it is found that there is a slight decrease in temperatures and a slight increase in the thermal hysteresis range, due to the increase in the magnetic field. While, for x = 7.5 and x = 5, they have the transitions at high temperatures above 400 and 550 K, respectively. This fact might limit these alloys in their applications. So, the present results indicate that the amount of Sn content in the MnNiSn alloys plays an important role to modify the structural and magnetic properties.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51861145315, 11929401, 12074241), the Independent Research and Development Project of State Key Laboratory of Advanced Special Steel, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Ferrometallurgy, Shanghai University (SKLASS 2020-Z07), and the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (19DZ2270200, 19010500500, 20501130600).

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  1. Physics Department, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Special Steel, and International Center of Quantum and Molecular Structures, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China

    T. Bachagha, W. Ren & C. Jing

  2. Materials Genome Institute and Shanghai Key Laboratory of High Temperature Superconductors, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China

    T. Bachagha, W. Ren & C. Jing

  3. Department of De Fisica, Universitat de Girona, Campus Montilivi, 17071, Girona, Spain

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Bachagha, T., Ren, W., Sunol, J.J. et al. Microstructure characterization, structure and magnetic properties of Ni–Mn–Sn shape memory alloys. J Therm Anal Calorim 147, 2147–2154 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-021-10625-5

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