Study of the Microstructural, Thermal, and Magnetic Properties of High-Energy Ball-Milled Nanocrystalline Fe(Al)

In this work, structural, microstructural, thermal, and magnetic properties of a Fe-25at%Al alloy produced by high-energy mechanical milling were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and vibrating sample magnetometry (V...

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Autores: Ibn Gharsallah, Hana, Azabou, Myriam, Khitouni, Mohamed, Daza Collier, Jason, Suñol Martínez, Joan Josep
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10256/21871
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10256/21871
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Raigs X -- Difracció
X-rays -- Diffraction
Nanocristalls -- Propietats tèrmiques
Nanocrystals -- Thermal properties
Nanocristalls -- Mechanical properties
Nanocrystals -- Mechanical properties
Nanocristalls -- Propietats magnètiques
Nanocrystals -- Magnetic properties
Nanostructured materials -- Mechanical properties
Materials nanoestructurats -- Magnetic properties
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Alloys
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Sumario:In this work, structural, microstructural, thermal, and magnetic properties of a Fe-25at%Al alloy produced by high-energy mechanical milling were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM) techniques. At the early stage of the milling process, three phases, namely, Fe, Al, and Fe(Al), coexist in the milled powder. After 20 h of milling, the results of the refinement of the XRD pattern reveal the formation of the supersaturated bcc-Fe(Al) solid solution with a crystallite size of 10 nm. The DSC curves show several overlapped exothermic peaks associated with the relaxation of the deformed structure and various phase transitions, such as the formation of Al13Fe4 and Fe3Al intermetallic. During milling times, the alloyed samples have a hard-ferromagnetic behavior, where Hc varies from 628 Oe to 746 Oe when the milling time increases from 4 to 40 h. The magnetic properties were related to the microstructural changes