Abstract
A study is made of the surface corrugation during thermal cycling of ferromagnetic shape memory alloys (FSMA). This specific feature is a property of FSMA alloys and is a consequence of martensitic phase transformations not necessarily connected with surface defects of the material. The surface relief structure was studied together with martensite and magnetic domain structure changes during thermal cycling of the samples with the aid of differential polarized light microscopy. The analysis was facilitated making use of auxiliary reference grids applied to the surface of the samples.
Highlights
In recent studies [1,2] it was shown that the structural, thermal, magnetomechanical and mechanical properties of ferromagnetic shape memory (FSMA) alloys may be substantially affected by defects at or near the surface introduced by different surface treatments such as abrasive grinding, spark eroding, wire cutting
In the present work we examine another type of surface effects manifesting themselves in surface corrugation during thermal cycling of initially planar ferromagnetic shape memory alloys (FSMA) samples [3]
Heating the planarized samples to temperatures above the phase transition point when they transform into the cubic austenite phase (A) causes a corrugation of the planar surface (figure 1 (b))
Summary
In recent studies [1,2] it was shown that the structural, thermal, magnetomechanical and mechanical properties of ferromagnetic shape memory (FSMA) alloys may be substantially affected by defects at or near the surface introduced by different surface treatments such as abrasive grinding, spark eroding, wire cutting. In the present work we examine another type of surface effects manifesting themselves in surface corrugation during thermal cycling of initially planar FSMA samples [3]. This specific feature is inherent to FSMA alloys and is basically a consequence of martensitic phase transformations not necessarily connected with surface defects of the material. The key experiments were performed by examination of the surface relief structure and magnetic domain structure during thermal cycling with the aid of differential polarized light microscopy
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