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Temperatures of phase transformations of a number of Ni2MnGa-based alloys (four compositions), which are characterized by substitution of nickel for manganese at an unchanged gallium content (25 at %), have been determined. As the nickel concentration increases with respect to the stoichiometric composition (or the electron concentration e/a increases), the liquidus (T liq), solidus (T sol), and martensitic transformation (T mart) temperatures increase, whereas the magnetic transformation temperature (T C) decreases slightly.
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Original Russian Text © N.N. Stepanova, D.P. Rodionov, V.A. Kazantsev, V.A. Sazonova, Yu.N. Akshentsev, 2007, published in Fizika Metallov i Metallovedenie, 2007, Vol. 104, No. 6, pp. 618–623.
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Stepanova, N.N., Rodionov, D.P., Kazantsev, V.A. et al. Changes in the temperatures of phase transformations of the Ni2MnGa alloy upon substitution of nickel for manganese. Phys. Metals Metallogr. 104, 595–600 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031918X07120071
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