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Direct observation of magnetostructural transition in the Ni–Mn–Sn alloy using in situ optical microscope

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The microstructure evolution of the magnetic-field-induced transition in Ni44.4Mn44.8Sn10.8 alloy was directly observed using in situ optical microscope under pulsed high magnetic field. The microscopic observations indicate that the growth of austenite during magnetic field application might be through the movement of the interface between martensite and austenite phases. This kind of induced austenite state is stable and remained even removing the magnetic field. Based on the experimental results, the change of the brightness contrast might be used to further investigate this irreversibility of the magnetostructural transition and determine the critical transition magnetic fields.

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The authors thank the Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11104065 and 11174231), Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 2013M542008), Guangxi Key Laboratory of Information Materials (Guilin University of Electronic Technology) (Grant No. 1210908-05-K), and Hubei Provincial Department of Education (Grant No. Q20120108) for their financial supports.

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  1. Wuhan National High Magnetic Field Center, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, People’s Republic of China

    Yining Shen, Ruilong Wang, Zhengcai Xia & Liang Li

  2. Faculty of Physics and Electronic Technology, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, People’s Republic of China

    Ruilong Wang

  3. State Key Lab of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, People’s Republic of China

    Zhigang Sun

  4. Guangxi Key Laboratory of Information Materials, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin, 541004, People’s Republic of China

    Gang Cheng

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Shen, Y., Wang, R., Sun, Z. et al. Direct observation of magnetostructural transition in the Ni–Mn–Sn alloy using in situ optical microscope. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 25, 2030–2034 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-014-1822-5

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