Detailed microstructural characterisation has been conducted in both ‘as-transformed’ and ‘hot deformed’ samples of 𝜏-MnAl-C using transmission electron microscopy. After hot deformation, true twins, dislocations, intrinsic stacking faults and precipitates of Mn3AlC are the main defects in the recrystallised grains. A significant fraction of non-recrystallised grains existed, which had microstructures based on combinations of high densities of true twins, dislocations, and deformation bands. The formation of the Mn3AlC precipitates was confirmed and related to the reduction of saturation magnetization and the increase in the Curie temperature of 𝜏-MnAl-C after hot deformation. Antiphase boundaries, which are believed to act as nucleation sites for reverse domains, were not observed in the hot deformed sample.
Increasing structural disorder is expected for the tetragonal L10 𝜏-MnAl-C (c:a = 0.91) going from coherent true twin boundary to incoherent true twin boundary to the order twin boundary. This was demonstrated from the interface structure in the HAADF-HRSTEM images. The disorder at different types of twin boundaries is also associated with the degree of segregation of the constituent elements. By using STEM-EELS, higher Mn enrichment and Al deficiency was observed at the order twin boundary with a thickness about 6 nm, slightly Mn segregation was observed at incoherent true twin boundary with reduced thickness about 1.5-2 nm and no segregation was found at the coherent true twin boundary. In addition, the distribution of carbon is inhomogeneous across the twin boundary and carbon cluster was found at the twin boundary.
Micromagnetic simulations and machine learning were conducted in an international collaboration with Danube University Krems, Austria, which enabled the quantification of the effect of twins on the magnetic properties of 𝜏-MnAl-C.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:76644 |
| Date | 15 November 2021 |
| Creators | Zhao, Panpan |
| Contributors | Nielsch, Kornelius, Raabe, Dierk, Woodcock, Thomas G., Technische Universität Dresden, Leibniz IFW, Dresden |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, doc-type:doctoralThesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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