Enhanced mechanical strength in hot-rolled La-Fe-Si/Fe magnetocaloric composites by microstructure manipulation
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Abstract
La-Fe-Si-based alloys possess a giant magnetocaloric effect due to the sharp itinerant-electron metamagnetic transition. However, the relatively poor mechanical strength of these alloys impedes their practical application in the magnetic refrigeration system. In this study, we employed hot rolling to manipulate the microstructure, and thus to improve the mechanical strength of LaFe 11.6Si 1.4 /Fe composites. The microstructure and magnetic phase transition behavior have been systematically investigated by X-ray tomography, high-resolution transmission electron microscope and digital image correlation technique. We found that the bending strength of the hot-rolled LaFe 11.6Si 1.4 /Fe reached up to 176 MPa, which is about 26% higher than the non-rolled one. The refinement of the α-Fe particles plays a key role in hindering crack propagation and enhancing the mechanical strength of the hot-rolled sample. Additionally, the reduction of the La-rich phase and large-size pores is found to be beneficial to the mechanical strength enhancement. The hot-rolled composite shows a sharp metamagnetic transition with a maximum magnetic entropy change of 17 J kg −1 K −1 for 2 T magnetic field change. This study demonstrates that microstructure manipulation based on hot rolling is a feasible approach to improve the mechanical strength of La-Fe-Si materials.
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OpenAlex topics: Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials · Magnetic Properties of Alloys · Shape Memory Alloy Transformations
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