Neutron diffraction studies of magnetostrictive Fe–Ga alloy ribbons

Zhao, X, Mellors, NJ, Kilcoyne, SH, Lord, DG, Lupu, N, Horia, C and Henry, P 2008, 'Neutron diffraction studies of magnetostrictive Fe–Ga alloy ribbons' , Journal of Applied Physics, 103 (07B32) .

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Abstract

Melt-spun Fe–Ga ribbons were prepared and some ribbons were annealed at 1000 °C for 1 h then slowly cooled to room temperature. X-ray diffraction patterns revealed no evidence of texture and only bcc phase in the as-quenched ribbons. However, high-resolution neutron diffraction patterns gave more information on the structure of these ribbons. Only diffractions from the disordered bcc A2 phase were found in as-quenched ribbons with 15, 17.5, and 19.5 at. % Ga content, without any trace of satellite peaks or splitting peaks from the proposed Ga–Ga pairing superlattice structure. The broadening of the base of the �110� peaks for all samples except the as-quenched 15 at. % Ga ribbon might indicate the existence of some kind of short range ordering. Ribbons developed L12 phase after annealing especially in the Fe 19.5 at. % Ga ribbon where the formation of L12 phase reduced the Ga content in the remaining A2 phase and decreased its lattice parameter dramatically. D03 phase formed in the as-quenched 22.5 at. % Ga ribbon and the following annealing treatment transformed more A2 phase into D03 phase.

Item Type:	Article
Themes:	Subjects outside of the University Themes
Schools:	Schools > School of Computing, Science and Engineering > Salford Innovation Research Centre
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Applied Physics
Publisher:	AIP Publishing
Refereed:	Yes
ISSN:	0021-8979
Depositing User:	NJ Mellors
Date Deposited:	20 Mar 2012 16:13
Last Modified:	14 Oct 2019 11:03
URI:	http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/20744

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