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Structural and magnetic evolution of ball milled nanocrystalline Fe-50 at.% Al alloy

  • Sandeep Rajan , Rajni Shukla , Anil Kumar , Anupam Vyas and Ranjeet Brajpuriya EMAIL logo
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International Journal of Materials Research
From the journal International Journal of Materials Research Volume 106 Issue 2

Abstract

Investigations regarding structural, morphological, and magnetic changes induced by ball milling of Fe-50 at.% Al alloy have been carried out. The mechanical alloying process induces a progressive dissolution of Al into Fe, resulting in the nucleation and establishment of an elongated nanostructured Fe(Al) solid solution with the bcc structure only after 5 hr of milling. The average crystallite size of components decreased to ~5 nm and the components diffused to the nanograin boundaries during transition to nanostructured composite. Scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy confirmed the crystallite size determination and Fe(Al) solid solution formation obtained from X-ray diffraction analysis. The corresponding magnetic (Mössbauer and vibration sample magnetometer) studies confirm that there is magnetic behaviour retained in the FeAl alloys samples even after 5 hr of milling but magnetization decreases as the milling time increases. The ball milling process involves the loss of long range order and reduced grain size, which induces a transition from a paramagnetic to ferromagnetic state. The continuous refinement of grains and the antiphase interface grain bounderies play a major part in the observed variation in the magnetic properties.

Keywords: Transition metal aluminides; Mechanical alloying; Phase formation
Dr. Ranjeet Brajpuriya Assistant Professor Department of Physics, Amity University Haryana Manesar Gurgoan, 122413 India Tel.: +91 8527769007

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Received: 2014-04-07
Accepted: 2014-10-08
Published Online: 2021-10-27

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https://doi.org/10.3139/146.111162
Keywords for this article
Transition metal aluminides; Mechanical alloying; Phase formation

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Frontmatter
  2. Original Contributions
  3. Microstructures of magnetron sputtered Fe–Au thin films
  4. Phase-field simulation of diffusion-controlled coarsening kinetics of γ’ phase in Ni–Al alloy
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  6. Structural, optical and magnetic properties of nanocrystalline zinc ferrite particles from glycine assisted combustion: Effect of Sr2+ dopant
  7. Correlation of plastic deformation induced intermittent electromagnetic radiation characteristics with mechanical properties of Cu–Ni alloys
  8. Effect of isothermal quenching methods on impact toughness and wear resistance in high boron steel
  9. Wear behaviour of Al/(Al2O3 + ZrB2 + TiB2) hybrid composites fabricated by hot pressing
  10. Regression analysis of bonding strength of sprayed coatings based on acoustic emission signal
  11. Effect of substrates on covalent surface modification of graphene using photosensitive functional group
  12. Short Communications
  13. Investigation of optimum nucleation temperature and heating rate of cordierite glass-ceramics
  14. The influence of process parameters on the preparation of CaF2@Al(OH)3 composite powder via heterogeneous nucleation
  15. Effect of zirconium and heat treatment on the microstructure and properties of cast chromium bronze for conductive parts
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