| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2020 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Characterization of Minerals, Metals and Materials
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| Presentation Title |
Epsilon to Tau Phase Transformation in MnAl Alloys |
| Author(s) |
Ozgun Acar, Merve Genc Unalan, İlkay Kalay, Yunus Kalay |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Yunus Kalay |
| Abstract Scope |
Magnetic materials play a critical role in devices for the conversion, transmission and energy storage. There is a growing demand for NdFeB permanent magnets with high coercivity and magnetic flux. While magnets are increasingly dependent upon rare-earths (RE), there has been an effort to minimize or substitute their use. In this regards, we studied RE-free MnAl alloys. Magnetism in MnAl alloys derives from a ferromagnetic metastable tau-phase. In order to improve the magnetic properties, epsilon-to-tau transformation should be well established. In this study, we conducted microstructural, thermal and crystallographic analysis of this phase transformation in details. XRD studies were conducted in-situ using synchrotron radiation. Epsilon-to-tau transformation is found to be dependent on ordering of the epsilon-phase and can only proceed with epsilon-prime phase. As Mn content increases compositional ordering do not take place and stable phases form. The corresponding magnetic properties with respect to phase transformation characteristics will be discussed. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |