Mechanical alloying has recently attracted considerable attention as researchers try to improve materials properties. The process can be performed at room temperature and homogeneous alloys can be produced. In this work Fe–28 wt. % Al; Fe–26 wt. % Al–2 wt. % Sn and Fe–26 wt. % Al–2 wt. % V alloys were synthesized by mechanical alloying to investigate the effects of tin and vanadium additions on the structural and microstructural properties of Nanocrystalline FeAl Alloy. Fe72Al28, Fe72Al26Sn2 and Fe72Al26Sn2 were ball milled for 30 h under argon atmosphere using a rotating speed of 200 rpm with 15 min pause time after every 15 min running time. The structural and microstructural properties of the ball milled powders were analyzed using X-ray diffraction (DRX) and Mössbauer spectroscopy techniques. The final powders are characterized by an average crystallite size of 10 nm for the Fe72Al28 alloy, 6 nm for the Fe72Al26Sn2 alloy and 19 nm for the Fe72Al26V2, accompanied by the introduction of a lattice strain of order of 1.55 %, 0.78 % and 0.80% respectively. The Mossbauer study of the Fe72Al26V2 samples showed doublet with isomer shift IS= 0.17 mm/s and three magnetically split sextet.
We report a systematic study of the structural and quasi-static magnetic properties, as well as of the dynamic magnetic response through MI effect, in Co2FeAl and MgO//Co2FeAl single layers and a MgO//Co2FeAl/Ag/Co2FeAl trilayered film, all grown onto an amorphous substrate. We present a new route to induce the crystalline structure in the Co2FeAl alloy and verify that changes in the structural phase of this material leads to remarkable modifications of the magnetic anisotropy and, consequently, dynamic magnetic behavior. Considering the electrical and magnetic properties of the Co2FeAl, our results open new possibilities for technological applications of this full-Heusler alloy in rigid and flexible spintronic devices.
Ball milling technique has been extensively used to prepare different metastable states with nanocrystalline microstructures from intermetallic compounds. The present study was made on the identification of the changes in magnetic and electronic properties as a result of high-energy ball milling of Fe -50 at.% Al alloy samples. The phase formation and physical properties of the alloys were determined as a function of milling time by means of Mössbauer and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The Mössbauer results show the formation of nanostructured body-centered cubic (BCC) FeAl alloy only after 5 h of mechanical milling and the same is also confirmed by Scanning electron microscope (SEM) and Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) studies. Mössbauer studies further confirm that there is magnetic behavior retention in the FeAl alloy samples even after 5 h of milling but magnetization decreases as the milling time increases. The reason for the same is due to the shocks and fracturing of the Al atoms embedded in the sites of Fe and as a result of which Fe – Fe nearest neighbors decreases. Secondly, with the increase in milling time, the particle size and the number density of equiatomic BCC Fe 50 Al 50 grains decrease while the volume of grain boundary containing a solid solution of BCC FeAl and concentration of Al in a solid solution of BCC FeAl at the grain boundary increases as a result of which magnetization decreases. The shift in the binding energy of Fe 2p and Al 2p core level towards higher binding energy also supports the alloy formation after milling.
The Finnis-Sinclair many-body potential was fitted for binary FeAl alloy with B2 structure. As the examination to the acquired potential function, some properties were calculated, and the results agree with the experiments well. Further, properties of point defects, such as divacancies were studied as an application.
The Formation and Dynamic Evolution of Antiphase Domain Boundary in FeAl Alloy: Computational Simulation in Atomic Scale