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Effect of annealing on magnetic properties of Ni–Mn–Ga glass-coated microwires

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We studied the effect of annealing on magnetic properties and structure of Heusler-type NiMnGa glass-covered microwires with a metallic nucleus diameter of about 22 µm prepared using the Taylor–Ulitovsky method. The as-prepared NiMnGa glass-covered microwires do not present ferromagnetic order at room temperature. Magnetization curves of the as-prepared samples do not present either saturation or coercivity at temperatures above 5 K. After annealing of the microwires, a ferromagnetic ordering is obtained with a Curie temperature of about 300 K which is beneficial for magnetic solid state refrigeration. The hysteresis observed on temperature dependence of magnetization in annealed samples and magnetic softening at about 260 K has been interpreted as the first-order phase transformation. Observed changes have been discussed considering internal stress relaxation after annealing, nanocrystalline structure of the as-prepared and annealed samples, recrystallization process and magnetic ordering of phases identified in the as-prepared sample and appearing under recrystallization. Existence of insulating and flexible glass-coating is beneficial for improvement of mechanical properties but the glass coating considerably affects magnetic properties of NiMnGa microwires. Therefore special attention must be paid to annealing conditions for realization of martensitic transformation.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This work was supported by Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO) under MAT2013-47231-C2-1-P Project, by the Basque Government under Elkartek RTM 4.0 grant and under the scheme of “Ayuda a Grupos Consolidados” (Ref. No. IT954-16). The authors thank for technical and human support provided by SGIker (Magnetic Measurements Gipuzkoa) of UPV/EHU. A.Z. and V.Z. wish to acknowledge support of the Basque Government under Program of Mobility of the Investigating Personnel (Grant Nos. MV-2017-1-0025 and MV-2017-1-0030 respectively).

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    Arcady Zhukov, Mihail Ipatov, Juan J. del Val, Paula Corte-León, Julian Gonzalez & Valentina Zhukova

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    Arcady Zhukov & Paula Corte-León

  3. IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, 48011, Spain

    Arcady Zhukov & Mihail Ipatov

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Zhukov, A., Ipatov, M., del Val, J.J. et al. Effect of annealing on magnetic properties of Ni–Mn–Ga glass-coated microwires. Journal of Materials Research 33, 2148–2155 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2018.105

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