Phase Stability of Ni–(Co)–Mn– Z  ( Z  = Ga, In, Sb, Sn) Heusler Alloys

K. R. Erager; Ерагер К. Р.; V. V. Sokolovskiy; Соколовский В. В.; V. D. Buchelnikov; Бучельников В. Д.; A. G. Gamzatov; Гамзатов А. Г.; A. M. Aliev; Алиев А. М.

doi:10.31857/S0015323023601186

Phase Stability of Ni–(Co)–Mn–Z (Z = Ga, In, Sb, Sn) Heusler Alloys

Authors: Erager K.R.¹^,2, Sokolovskiy V.V.¹^,2, Buchelnikov V.D.¹, Gamzatov A.G.², Aliev A.M.²
Affiliations:
1. Chelyabinsk State University
2. Amirkhanov Institute of Physics DFRC RAS
Issue: Vol 124, No 11 (2023)
Pages: 1137-1144
Section: СТРУКТУРА, ФАЗОВЫЕ ПРЕВРАЩЕНИЯ И ДИФФУЗИЯ
URL: https://rjonco.com/0015-3230/article/view/663074
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S0015323023601186
EDN: https://elibrary.ru/XNOGIJ
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Abstract

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This work is devoted to the first-principle studies of phase stability and segregation stability of austenitic and martensitic phases of Heusler alloys Ni_2 – xCo_xMn_1 + yZ_1 – y (x = 0, 0.25, 0.5 and y = 0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75; Z = Ga, In, Sb, Sn) with different types of magnetic ordering. Among all the considered compounds, only alloys Ni_1.5Co_0.5MnGa and Ni₂MnGa in cubic and tetragonal structures with ferromagnetic ordering, respectively, as well as Ni₂Mn₂ in tetragonal structure with staggered and layer-by-layer antiferromagnetic ordering demonstrate stability. For these compositions, the presence of zero convex hull energy and the absence of reactions with positive decomposition energy are shown. The remaining compounds appear to be metastable both due to the presence of stable reactions with negative decomposition energy and decay reactions with positive decomposition energy. The number of decay reactions increases with increasing chemical disorder, i.e., deviation from stoichiometry.

Keywords

Heusler alloys, ab initio calculations, phase stability, segregation

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