Effect of Porosity on the Magneto-Mechanical Behavior of Polycrystalline Magnetic Shape-Memory Ni–Mn–Ga Foams
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-15-2015
Abstract
Porosity in polycrystalline Ni–Mn–Ga alloys reduces internal constraints imposed by grain boundaries which suppress magnetic-field-induced strain in non-porous, polycrystalline magnetic shape-memory alloys. We present here a systematic study of the porosity effect on the magneto-mechanical properties of polycrystalline Ni–Mn–Ga foams. Starting from replicated foams created by casting with ceramic space holders, their porosities were increased by successive acid dissolution steps after which the magnetic-field-induced strain was measured, for each porosity level, after thermo-magneto-mechanical training. Consistently, the magnetic-field-induced strain increased with increasing porosity, in the extreme case by one order of magnitude for a small porosity increase of 1.3%, demonstrating that removal of constraints by porosity is responsible for the high magnetic-field-induced strain in polycrystalline Ni–Mn–Ga foams.
Publication Information
Witherspoon, C.; Zheng, P.; Chmielus, M.; Dunand, D. C.; and Müllner, P.. (2015). "Effect of Porosity on the Magneto-Mechanical Behavior of Polycrystalline Magnetic Shape-Memory Ni–Mn–Ga Foams". Acta Materialia, 92, 64-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2015.03.038