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Improving the thermomechanical and magnetic properties of CuMnAl Heusler alloy by TiB doping

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The influence of simultaneous doping of Ti and B on the thermomechanical, structural, and magnetic properties of CuAlMn Heusler alloys was evaluated in this study. The samples were prepared via induction casting, and they were characterized by X-ray diffraction, differential thermal analysis, optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, mechanical microhardness tests, and magnetometry. The alloys presented the austenite phase with L21 + DO3 structures. It was found that the doping of TiB reduced the average grain size and increased the amount of second-phase precipitates, which was attributed to the low Ti solubility in the austenitic matrix. A reduction in the values of Curie temperature, melting temperature, melting enthalpy, and HV microhardness was observed with the doping of TiB to the CuAlMn ternary system. It was also verified that the simultaneous doping of Ti and B changed the magnetic behavior of the CuAlMn system from paramagnetic (with weak ferromagnetic contribution) to ferromagnetic order. Our results bring to light a new alternative to doping CuAlMn alloy, and improve the structural and magnetic properties, interesting parameters for technological applications.

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The authors would like to thank CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development), project No 434405/2018-3, for the financial support for this work. MAC and FB would like to thank CNPq through projects Nos 407385/2018-5 and 307720/2017-9.

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  1. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Mecânica, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, 58059-900, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil

    Fabiana Kelly de Medeiros

  2. Departamento de Engenharia de Materiais, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, 58059-900, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil

    Danniel Ferreira de Oliveira, Tiberio Andrade dos Passos & Ramon Alves Torquato

  3. Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 59078-900, Natal, RN, Brazil

    Marcio Assolin Correa, Felipe Bohn & J. G. S Santos

  4. Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, 58059-900, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil

    Bruno Alessandro Silva Guedes de Lima & Rodinei Medeiros Gomes

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de Medeiros, F.K., de Oliveira, D.F., Correa, M.A. et al. Improving the thermomechanical and magnetic properties of CuMnAl Heusler alloy by TiB doping. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 32, 1369–1378 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-020-04906-2

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