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Phase transition induced anelasticity in FeeGa alloys with 25 and 27% Ga I.S. Golovin a, * , А.M. Balagurov b, ** , I.A. Bobrikov b , V.V. Palacheva a , J. Cifre c a National University of Science and Technology MISIS, Leninsky ave. 4, 119049, Moscow, Russia b Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research,141980, Dubna, Russia c Universitat de les Illes Balears, Ctra. De Valldemossa, km.7.5, E-07122, Palma de Mallorca, Spain article info Article history: Received 15 February 2016 Received in revised form 17 March 2016 Accepted 19 March 2016 Available online 21 March 2016 Keywords: Fe 3 Ga based alloy Phase transitions Neutron scattering Mechanical spectroscopy abstract Neutron diffraction and mechanical spectroscopy techniques were applied to study phase transitions in FeeGa alloys with 25 and 27 at.% Ga. The following sequences of phase transitions at continuous heating and subsequent cooling in the 20e900 C temperature range were recorded: D0 3 / L1 2 (limited amount) / A2(B2) was recorded at heating and A2(B2) / D0 3 at cooling for Fe-24.8Ga alloy, and the D0 3 / L1 2 / D0 19 / A2(B2) was recorded at heating and A2(B2) / L1 2 at cooling for Fe-27.4Ga alloy. Thus, the difference in 2.6 at.%Ga between two studied compositions with D0 3 structure leads to their different structures after heating to 900 C. These transition sequences determine different temperature dependencies of elastic and anelastic properties. The D0 3 / A2(B2) transition (in Fe-25Ga) does not lead to a well-pronounced anelastic effect, in contrast the D0 3 / L1 2 transition (in Fe-27Ga) generates in- ternal stresses due to a different rate of an increase in the lattice parameter with temperature and leads to a well-pronounced transient internal friction effect. © 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. 1. Introduction Due to their magnetostriction, rare-earth-free materials offer great potential for various applications in sensors, actuators, energy-harvesting applications and spintronic devices. The tetragonal magnetostriction of polycrystalline FeeGa is maximal for compositions around 19 and 27 at.% Ga [1,2], which makes these alloys attractive for energy-harvesting applications. Alloys with 17e20%Ga are well studied; their structure is rather simple: solid solution of Ga in aeFe (A2 range of phase diagram) partly D0 3 or- dered in case of slow (furnace) cooling, and alloys with 17e20%Ga have already found some practical applications. Studies of phase transitions in quenched FeeGa alloys under different annealing conditions have been reported for several cases [1e6]. Sometimes, results related to temperature intervals and ki- netics of phase transitions differ from paper to paper greatly. It should be noted, that recently a diffusionless character of the D0 3 to L1 2 transition has been reported by TEM [6] and internal friction [4,7,8]. This type of phase transition in FeeGa was predicted earlier by Khachaturyan et al. [9,10]. Their model suggests the trans- formation of D0 3 nanoclusters to an intermediate tetragonal D0 22 phase via a Bain distortion that shifts the atomic positions in closer to their nal positions in the L1 2 structure, and nally, the precip- itation of L1 2 (Fe 3 Ga) phase. An in situ XRD study demonstrated D0 3 e L1 2 e D0 19 e B2 phase transitions in the Fe-27Ga alloy [4]. Unfortunately, X-rays provide insufcient resolution between phases, especially at small volume fractions, owing to the structure similarity of A2, B2, and D0 3 , the coherency of precipitates, and similar X-ray atomic scattering fac- tors of Fe and Ga. Another limitation for XRD studies is that they give information only from the surface of the sample whose structure can be different from bulk samples. Thus, in situ neutron diffraction studies have some advantages in that case. They can easily be performed in an in situ and real-time mode with a reasonable temporal resolution. The difference be- tween coherent neutron scattering lengths for Fe and Ga is suf- cient for reliable observations of the ordering effects. High penetration of thermal neutrons allows analyzing bulk effects un- like XRD. The number of neutron diffraction studies of FeeGa alloys is still limited. We are aware of the papers [11,12] in which phase transformations in FeeGa ribbons were studied depending on the * Corresponding author. ** Corresponding author. E-mail addresses: [email protected] (I.S. Golovin), [email protected] (А.M. Balagurov). Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Alloys and Compounds journal homepage: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jalcom http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.03.142 0925-8388/© 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Journal of Alloys and Compounds 675 (2016) 393e398

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Phase transition induced anelasticity in FeeGa alloys with 25 and 27%Ga

I.S. Golovin a, *, А.M. Balagurov b, **, I.A. Bobrikov b, V.V. Palacheva a, J. Cifre c

a National University of Science and Technology “MISIS”, Leninsky ave. 4, 119049, Moscow, Russiab Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980, Dubna, Russiac Universitat de les Illes Balears, Ctra. De Valldemossa, km.7.5, E-07122, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

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Article history:Received 15 February 2016Received in revised form17 March 2016Accepted 19 March 2016Available online 21 March 2016

Keywords:Fe3Ga based alloyPhase transitionsNeutron scatteringMechanical spectroscopy

* Corresponding author.** Corresponding author.

E-mail addresses: [email protected] (I.S.(А.M. Balagurov).

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.03.1420925-8388/© 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Neutron diffraction and mechanical spectroscopy techniques were applied to study phase transitions inFeeGa alloys with 25 and 27 at.% Ga. The following sequences of phase transitions at continuous heatingand subsequent cooling in the 20e900 �C temperature range were recorded: D03 / L12 (limitedamount) / A2(B2) was recorded at heating and A2(B2) / D03 at cooling for Fe-24.8Ga alloy, and theD03 / L12 / D019 / A2(B2) was recorded at heating and A2(B2) / L12 at cooling for Fe-27.4Ga alloy.Thus, the difference in 2.6 at.%Ga between two studied compositions with D03 structure leads to theirdifferent structures after heating to 900 �C. These transition sequences determine different temperaturedependencies of elastic and anelastic properties. The D03 / A2(B2) transition (in Fe-25Ga) does not leadto a well-pronounced anelastic effect, in contrast the D03 / L12 transition (in Fe-27Ga) generates in-ternal stresses due to a different rate of an increase in the lattice parameter with temperature and leadsto a well-pronounced transient internal friction effect.

© 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

1. Introduction

Due to their magnetostriction, rare-earth-free materials offergreat potential for various applications in sensors, actuators,energy-harvesting applications and spintronic devices. Thetetragonal magnetostriction of polycrystalline FeeGa is maximalfor compositions around 19 and 27 at.% Ga [1,2], whichmakes thesealloys attractive for energy-harvesting applications. Alloys with17e20%Ga are well studied; their structure is rather simple: solidsolution of Ga in aeFe (A2 range of phase diagram) partly D03 or-dered in case of slow (furnace) cooling, and alloys with 17e20%Gahave already found some practical applications.

Studies of phase transitions in quenched FeeGa alloys underdifferent annealing conditions have been reported for several cases[1e6]. Sometimes, results related to temperature intervals and ki-netics of phase transitions differ from paper to paper greatly. Itshould be noted, that recently a diffusionless character of the D03 toL12 transition has been reported by TEM [6] and internal friction

Golovin), [email protected]

[4,7,8]. This type of phase transition in FeeGa was predicted earlierby Khachaturyan et al. [9,10]. Their model suggests the trans-formation of D03 nanoclusters to an intermediate tetragonal D022phase via a Bain distortion that shifts the atomic positions in closerto their final positions in the L12 structure, and finally, the precip-itation of L12 (Fe3Ga) phase.

An in situ XRD study demonstrated D03 e L12 e D019 e B2 phasetransitions in the Fe-27Ga alloy [4]. Unfortunately, X-rays provideinsufficient resolution between phases, especially at small volumefractions, owing to the structure similarity of A2, B2, and D03, thecoherency of precipitates, and similar X-ray atomic scattering fac-tors of Fe and Ga. Another limitation for XRD studies is that theygive information only from the surface of the sample whosestructure can be different from bulk samples.

Thus, in situ neutron diffraction studies have some advantages inthat case. They can easily be performed in an in situ and real-timemode with a reasonable temporal resolution. The difference be-tween coherent neutron scattering lengths for Fe and Ga is suffi-cient for reliable observations of the ordering effects. Highpenetration of thermal neutrons allows analyzing bulk effects un-like XRD. The number of neutron diffraction studies of FeeGa alloysis still limited. We are aware of the papers [11,12] in which phasetransformations in FeeGa ribbons were studied depending on the

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Fe/Ga ratio in the Ga concentration range from 15 to 22.5% and[13,14], where compositional variation of phonons was investigatedby means of inelastic neutron scattering. Most recently we havesuccessfully applied neutron diffraction tests to study bulk Fe-27.0Ga alloy at continuous heating and cooling [15].

In this paper we use neutron diffraction along an internal fric-tion method to study sequence and kinetics of phase transitions indirectly solidified FeeGa alloys with positive and negative de-viations from stoichiometric Fe3Ga compositions (24.3e24.8%Gaand 27.4e27.8%Ga). The paper mainly focuses on the phase trans-formations in bulk samples upon heating. Additionally, we showhow these transitions affect elastic and anelastic properties of thestudied alloys.

Fig. 1. FeeGa equilibrium diagram [16] with compositions of studied alloys.

2. Materials and methods

Two types of FeeGa alloys with Ga amounts (1) 24.3e24.8 and27.4%1 (Fe-25Ga and Fe-27Ga hereafter) were produced by direc-tional solidification in copper mold using pure Fe and Ga by in-duction melting under protection of high-purity inert argon gasusing an Indutherm MCe20 V mini furnace (Table 1). Using energydispersive spectroscopy, the chemical compositions of the castbuttons weremeasuredwith accuracywithin ±0.2%. The location ofthese alloys in FeeGa phase diagram [16] is shown in Fig. 1. At roomtemperature the studied compositions belong to a two-phaseA2þL12 (Fe-25Ga) and a L12 single-phase (Fe-27Ga) structure ac-cording to the equilibrium phase diagram [16].

The neutron diffraction patterns were measured with a highresolution Fourier diffractometer (HRFD) [17] at the IBR-2 pulsedreactor in JINR (Dubna). The neutron diffraction experiments wereperformed on rectangular samples with a size of 4 � 8 � 50 mm.The HRFD is a time-of-flight diffractometer with a correlationmodeof data acquisition. Its Dd/d resolution is determined by themaximum frequency of the fast Fourier chopper. In routine oper-ation (Vmax ¼ 4000 rpm), Dd/d z 0.001 for d ¼ 2 Å, only slightlydepends on dhkl, and improves with increasing dhkl. Further infor-mation can be found in Ref. [15].

The acquisition time for each diffraction pattern was 1 minshort. Heating of the samples was carried out in a specializedfurnace (ILL standard) with vanadium screens up to ~900 �C. Bothsamples were heated with a temperature rate of ~2.2 K/min. Thecooling process was performed with the same rate down to~300 �C.

Simultaneous testing of anelastic (internal friction, Q�1) andelastic (Young's modulus, E) properties were carried out usingforced bending vibrations on a commercial dynamical mechanicalanalyzer (Q800 TA Instruments) in the temperature range from 0 to600 �C. The internal frictionwas measured as tan4 (¼Q�1), where 4is the phase lag between the applied cyclic stress, s, and theresulting strain, ε, s ¼ s0cos(t) and ε ¼ ε0cos(ut þ 4); 4 ¼ 2pf, andε0 ¼ 5 � 10�5.

Table 1Chemical compositions of the studied alloys.

Nominal composition At.% Ga Used for:

Fe-25Ga 24.3 DMA tests24.8 Neutron diffraction study

Fe-27Ga 27.4 DMA tests and Neutron diffraction studies

1 In this paper we use atomic %.

3. Results

3.1. Neutron diffraction

The initial state after direct solidification for both studiedsamples is undoubtfully represented by a D03 structure: the (111)and (311) diffraction lines, which are clearly seen in the high-resolution diffraction pattern, belong only to the D03 orderedphase (Fig. 2). The widths of diffraction lines only slightly exceedthe contribution from the resolution function. Thus, we concludethat both samples have a single D03 ordered state.

According to the phase diagram, the following phases can beobserved in the studied alloys at heating:

- the L12 (equilibrium phase below ~600 �C in Fe-25Ga and below~615 �C in Fe-27Ga alloy) has a Cu3Au-type structurewith Fe andGa atoms partially ordered, sp. gr. Pm3m, a z 3.72 Å (at 20 �C);

- the D03 (equilibrium phase for Fe-25Ga in the temperaturerange from ~590 to ~670 �C, and for Fe-27Ga from ~680 to~825 �C) has a BiF3-type structurewith Fe and Ga atoms partiallyordered, sp. gr. Fm3m, a z 5.83 Å (at 20 �C);

- the D019 (equilibrium phase for Fe-27Ga from ~615 to ~680 �C)has a MgCd3-type structure with Fe and Ga atoms partially or-dered, sp. gr. P63/mmc, a z 5.28 Å, c z 4.28 Å (at 20 �C);

- the B2 (equilibrium phase for Fe-27Ga from ~680 to ~825 �C)which was not really observed in our tests has a CsCl-typestructure with Fe and Ga atoms partially ordered, sp. gr.Pm3m, a z 2.92 Å (at 20 �C);

- the A2 (equilibrium phase in two-phases A2þL12 Fe-25Ga alloybelow ~590 �C) has an a-Fe-type structure with Fe and Ga atomsrandomly distributed, sp. gr. Im3m, a z 2.92 Å (at 20 �C).

The D03 and B2 ordered phases appear in this system as a resultof Ga atoms ordering in bcc FeeGa (A2) solid solution. The sameconcerns the D019 ordered and A3 disordered phases. At continuousheating ordering needs some time: that is why it is not always easyto define if, for example, the A2 phase has got B2 ordering or not. Insome of our experiments discussed below we cannot recognize B2ordering if we use heating rate 2 K/min but it is visible if heating

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Fig. 2. Examples of the neutron diffraction patterns of the Fe-25Ga (left) and Fe-27Ga (right) samples measured at room temperature in high-resolution mode (Dd/dz 0.0015). Thevertical bars indicate peak positions of the D03 phase. The Miller indices of several peaks are shown. A slight asymmetry of the peaks and small negative deeps at both sides of theprofiles are associated with special features of the high-resolution correlation mode of data acquisition at HRFD.

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rate is 1 K/min. That is why in several cases we wrote A2(B2) tounderline the existing tendency of the A2 phase to B2 ordering,which is nevertheless still weak. In most cases we simply skippedmentioning this tendency.

Upon continuous heating several phase transitions occur(Fig. 3), the differences in structural transformations between Fe-25Ga and Fe-27Ga alloys are presented in the 3D schemes. The

Fig. 3. The 3D visualization of the diffraction pattern evolution upon heating the Fe-25Ga (a) and the Fe-27Ga (b) samples. For both pictures a short interplanar distancerange around d ¼ 2 Å is shown.

recorded sequence of phase transitions upon heating with 2.25 K/min in Fe-25Ga is as follows: D03 / L12 (limitedamount) / A2(B2), while in the Fe-27Ga alloy this sequence isD03 / L12(100%) / D019(100%) / A2(B2).

The temperature dependences of neutron diffraction intensitiesobtained for the studied samples for the heating rate of ~2.2 K/minare shown in Fig. 4. Someminor changes in intensities of reflectionsfrom D03 phase are most probably linked with changes in vacancyconcentration in this phase and first nucleations of the L12 phasediscussed in [18,19] for alloys with 21e27%Ga. Main volume frac-tion of the D03 phase in the Fe-25Ga alloy remains up to ~670 �C,where the D03 phase turns to A2(B2) phase simply by disorderingof Ga atoms in the D03 lattice. In addition, a limited volume fractionof the D03 phase transforms to the L12 phase above 450 �C. Above590 �C the L12 phase begins to dissolve and disappears completelyat about 700 �C.

In contrast, in the Fe-27Ga alloy the D03 phase completelytransforms to the L12 phase in the temperature range from 440 to510 �C. The single L12 phase exists up to 615e620 �C, where ittransforms to the D019 hexagonal phase. In turn, the D019 phasetransforms to A2(B2) phase in the range from 680 to 720 �C.

According to the equilibrium phase diagrams, the D03 / A2 (inFe-25Ga) and D019 / A2 (in Fe-27Ga) transformations at heatingshould go through a partially ordered B2 phase. The B2 phase ischaracterized by a diffraction peak (100) at dz 2.95 Å for T> 600 �C(and some other diffraction peaks with (h þ k þ l) ¼ 2n þ 1), but inour diffraction patterns, there were so weak signs of such peaks ofthe B2 phase that we preferred not to insist on the presence of thisphase if heating rate is 2.25 K/min. The B2 ordering is betterrecorded if heating rate is 1 K/min. The same results were receivedin Ref. [15] where we did not discuss the influence of heating rateon B2 ordering in high temperature A2 phase.

Phase transitions in FeeGa leads to a noticeable difference inthermal expansion coefficients of different phases. These results areshown in Fig. 5 in terms of normalized volume of unit cell of cor-responding phases per one atom. Temperature dependent changesof unit cell volume for Fe-25Ga (left) and Fe-27Ga (right) sampleswere calculated by corresponding changes in interplanar distancesby diffraction peaks both at heating (bottom scale, red curves, theD019 phase is marked green in web version) and cooling (top scale,blue points in web version). The sharpest change in the volume ofthe elementary cell occurs at heating due to D03 to L12 and D019 toA2 transitions. At cooling, this transition is smeared in a widetemperature range where both phases (A2 and L12) coexist. Someconsequences of these effects are discussed below in terms ofelastic and anelastic behavior of the alloy at heating (Fig. 6).

Kinetics for the isothermal D03 to L12 transition at step heating

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Fig. 4. Phase transitions in the Fe-25Ga (a) and Fe-27Ga (b) samples heated with a rate of 2.25 K/min obtained by the intensities of the characteristic diffraction peaks. The Millerindices of the peaks are indicated. The dotted line in the left figure shows temperature of the D03 / A2 transition.

Fig. 5. Temperature dependent changes of unit cell volume normalized to one atom for Fe-25Ga (a) and Fe-27Ga (b) samples at heating (bottom scale, red curves, the D019 phase ismarked green) and cooling (top scale, blue points). Values of thermal expansion coefficients of the phases (in 10�5/grad units) are given nearby experimental points. The mostpronounced difference between them is seen in the course of transition D03 / L12 (14.1$10�5 vs. 5.2$10�5 1/grad). The dotted line in the left figure shows the temperature of theD03 4 A2 transitions. (For interpretation of the references to color in this figure caption, the reader is referred to the web version of this article.)

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of the Fe-27Ga sample is presented in Fig. 6. Step heating meansthat the sample was quickly heated up (heating rate of about 20 K/min) to 470 �C and kept at this temperature about 60 min.Isothermal kinetic shows a transition from D03 to L12 phase: adecrease of the normalized intensities from (220) plane of D03phase (blue curve in web version) and an increase in the normal-ized intensities from (200) plane of L12 phase (red curve in webversion). One can see that the D03 to L12 transition at 470 �C ispractically over after 40 min of annealing.

For comparison we added two more curves to this figure: (i) aninternal friction level (PTr1 peak) as a function of annealing time at470 �C discussed in detail in the next section and (ii) a similar ki-netic of the same phase transition from D03 to L12 structure at390 �C received using in situ XRD tests [Di4]. Kinetic at lowertemperature is slower, as it can be expected from general diffusionlaws.

3.2. Temperature dependent internal friction

Fig. 7 represents a temperature dependent internal friction

(TDIF) and elastic modulus in arbitrary units (TDEM) DMA test ofthe directly solidified Fe-25Ga (left column) and Fe-27Ga (rightcolumn) alloys at heating up to 600 �C. The advantage of thiscommercial equipment (DMA Q800 TA Instruments) is that it canmeasure a sample using several frequencies in one heating run. Byusing six frequencies from 0.1 to 30 Hz, we can easily distinguishbetween thermally activated effects, which peak position increaseswith an increase in the frequency of forced vibrations, and effectsrelated to different phase transitions. In this later case, it is the peakheight (or relaxation strength) rather than the peak temperaturethat depends on frequency. Quite similar TDIF curves are recordedon the same samples after being annealed 30 min at 1000 �C andwater quenched (the results are not shown in this paper).

Thermally activated effect at 95e170 �C (denoted as the P1 peak)is common for both alloys. At higher temperatures (325e500 �C)there is another thermally activated anelastic effect that is betterpronounced in Fe-27Ga as compared to Fe-25Ga alloy where it issmeared and masked by the beginning of a high temperaturebackground growth. The activation parameters are also doubtful inthis later case. Temperatures of thermally activated P1 and P2 peaks

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Fig. 6. Isothermal kinetic of the D03 to L12 transition at 470 �C as determined bynormalized intensities from (220) plane of D03 phase (blue triangles down), (200)plane of L12 phase (red triangles up), and a decrease in internal friction transient (PTr)peak (violet circles). The dotted line: the amount of L12 phase (green curve) as afunction of isothermal annealing at 390 �C (in situ XRD [4]). (For interpretation of thereferences to color in this figure caption, the reader is referred to the web version ofthis article.)

Fig. 7. TDIF and TDEM (in arbitrary units) curves at different frequencies from 0.1 to 30 Hz for continuous heating (1 K/min) for Fe-25Ga (a) and Fe-27Ga (b).

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depend on the measuring frequency of the forced vibrations. Cor-responding Arrhenius treatment provides the activation parame-ters of these peaks (Table 2).

The P1 peak was interpreted as the Snoek-type relaxation[4,7,8], the activation parameters presented in Table 2 are inagreement with this statement. The Snoek-type relaxation occursdue to stress-induced jumps of interstitial atoms (C) in a randomA2bcc solid solution or bcc-based D03-ordered lattice of FeeGa alloys.Approximately 0.2 eV increase in the activation energy for C-atomjumps in FeeGa with respect to ‘pure’ a-Fe is due to the ‘elastic’interaction of Ga with C atoms in solid solution. The P1 peak is notrecorded at cooling from the range of equilibrium fcc L12 phase, it isalso in agreement with themain statement of the Snoek theory thatis applicable only for bcc solid solutions but not for the fcc lattice.

Fast relaxation time for the P2 peak at least for Fe-27Ga alloy

Table 2Activation parameters of thermally activated internal friction peaks shown in Fig. 7.

Alloy P1 P2

H t0 H t0

Fe-25Ga 1.05 ± 0.02 7 � 10�15 3.12 ± 0.31 1 � 10�21

Fe-27Ga 1.08 ± 0.01 3 � 10�15 1.91 ± 0.07 1 � 10�16

(the P2 peak in Fe-24Ga is smeared making it difficult to estimatereliably the activation parameters) suggests point defects relaxa-tion, whereas the activation energy suggests contributions of sub-stitutional atoms (Ga). The P2 peak also disappears after annealing,as it leads to the formation of an ordered L12 phase. Such behavior,as well as the activation parameters, may suggest a Zener mecha-nism for the P2 relaxation. The effect of ordering also decreases thepeak height for higher frequencies during heating tests (Fig. 7b).

The main difference between TDIF curves for these two alloys isthe frequency independent peak at about 470 �C, which is recordedonly in Fe-27Ga (Fig. 7b). Transient internal friction PTr peak tem-perature, which is accompanied with an increase of the Young'smodulus does not depend on the frequency, whereas its height isstrongly affected by the measurement frequency and the heatingrate. If heating is stopped at the temperature of the PTr peak (i.e. at470 �C), the PTr peak gradually decreases along with isothermalcharacter of the D03 / L12 transition at a constant temperature.These data are shown in Fig. 7 and they underline the same rate of adecrease in IF and the completeness (степени завершенности) of thephase transition both measured at the same temperature (470 �C).

It should be noted, that a different rate of growth of the latticeparameter of D03 and L12 phasewas recorded by neutron scatteringat heating, which is likely to be the main source for the transient

internal friction peak. The anelastic deformation that gives rise toan internal friction is proportional to the transformed volumefraction of L12 phase and arises from the lattice deformation. Thistransient peak is recorded neither in Fe-25Ga alloy where amountof the D03 to L12 transition is very limited nor at cooling or sub-sequent heating in both alloys, i.e. in the cases when the D03 to L12transition does not take place. Phase transitions from one type oflattice to another one at higher temperatures (e.g., L12 to D019 andD019 to B2 phase) might also lead to anelastic effects but to provethis we need internal friction tests up to 850 �C.

4. Conclusions

Using neutron scattering technique, we have defined ranges ofphase transitions in the bulk samples of FeeGa alloys with 24.8 and27.4 at.% Ga under continuous heating. These structural studiesallow interpreting anelastic effects recorded in the same conditionsin the same materials using mechanical spectroscopy. Differentrates of lattice parameters increase in the temperature range oftheir co-existing lead to significant changes in elastic (E) andanelastic (Q�1) characteristics of the alloy. We proved that thetransient internal friction PTr peak accompanies the D03 to L12phase transition.

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Acknowledgments

The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of theMinistry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation in theframework of Increase Competitiveness Program of MISiS, Agree-ment N� 02. А03.21.0004 of 27.08.2013, Grant 14-29-04091 ofi_m,Russia, and support byMinistry of Science and Education, Russia, inthe framework of State task to Universities #11.1855.2014/K from17.07.2014. Authors are grateful to Dr. A.Yu. Churyumov (Russia,NUST MISiS) for his help with the samples preparation. The authorsthank Dr. E. Bazanova for her critical reading of the manuscript andhelpful suggestions.

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