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The high-energy ball-milling method was used for fabricating Ni50Mn36.7In13.3 fine-sized particles. The as-melt polycrystalline Ni50Mn36.7In13.3 alloy exhibits a 14 M modulated martensite structure at room temperature (RT). The atomic pair distribution function analysis together with the differential scanning calorimetry technique proved that the 14 M modulated martensite transformed to a metastable amorphous-like structure after ball milling for 8 hours. Annealing of the ball-milled particles with the amorphous-like phase first led to the crystallization to form a B2 structure at 523 K (250 °C), and then an ordered Heusler L21 structure (with a small tetragonal distortion) at 684 K (411 °C). The annealed particles undergo different structural transitions during cooling, tailored by the atomic arrangements of the high-temperature phase. Low-field thermomagnetization measurements show that the ball-milled particles with the amorphous-like structure or the atomically disordered crystalline structure exhibit a magnetic transition from the paramagnetic-like to the spin-glass state with decreasing temperature, whereas the crystalline particles with the ordered Heusler L21 structure present a ferromagnetic behavior with the Curie temperature T c ≈ 310 K (37 °C).
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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 50725102 and 50971031). Use of the Advanced Photon Source was supported by the United States Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Science, under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357.
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Liu, D.M., Nie, Z.H., Ren, Y. et al. Structural Transitions and Magnetic Properties of Ni50Mn36.7In13.3 Particles with Amorphous-Like Phase. Metall Mater Trans A 42, 3062–3070 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-011-0724-x
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