Sandlöbes, S.; Friák, M.; Dick, A.; Zaefferer, S.; Pei, Z.; Zhu, L.-F.; Sha, G.; Ringer, S.; Neugebauer, J.; Raabe, D.: Combining ab initio calculations and high resolution experiments to improve the understanding of advanced Mg-Y and Mg-RE alloys. 7th Annual Conference of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Design in Light Metals, Melbourne, VIC, Australia (2012)
Sandlöbes, S.; Friák, M.; Dick, A.; Zaefferer, S.; Pei, Z.; Neugebauer, J.; Raabe, D.: Combining ab initio calculations and high-resolution experiments to understand advanced Mg alloys. German-Korean workshop on the “Production and industrial applications of semi-finished Mg products”, Irsee, Germany (2011)
We have studied a nanocrystalline AlCrCuFeNiZn high-entropy alloy synthesized by ball milling followed by hot compaction at 600°C for 15 min at 650 MPa. X-ray diffraction reveals that the mechanically alloyed powder consists of a solid-solution body-centered cubic (bcc) matrix containing 12 vol.% face-centered cubic (fcc) phase. After hot compaction, it consists of 60 vol.% bcc and 40 vol.% fcc. Composition analysis by atom probe tomography shows that the material is not a homogeneous fcc–bcc solid solution
Magnetic properties of magnetocaloric materials is of utmost importance for their functional applications. In this project, we study the magnetic properties of different materials with the final goal to discover new magnetocaloric materials more suited for practical applications.