Proving the succesful synthesis of the chemically-ordered L10 FeNi phase

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The tetragonal chemically-ordered L10 FeNi phase has great potential for advanced permanent magnet applications due to its compelling magnetic properties, low cost and availability of its constituent elements. While L10 FeNi is found in meteorites, bulk synthesis has not been achieved due to its low order-disorder temperature of 320°C, below which phase formation is kinetically limited. In this research we explore pathways to synthesize L10 FeNi in earthly timeframes. Preliminary neutron testing of our samples has provided initial evidence of successful formation of a tetragonal FeNi phase, but chemical ordering has not been detected. Additional beam time at HRPD is requested to test samples fabricated with the stable isotope 62Ni, calculated to amplify the difference in scattering factors of Fe and Ni, enhancing the intensity of the superlattice peaks arising from chemical ordering.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.67772573
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/67772573
Provenance
Creator Professor Laura Lewis; Professor Sean Langridge; Mrs Ana Maria Montes Arango; Dr Dominic Fortes; Dr Luke Marshall; Dr Kevin Knight; Dr Christy Kinane
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2018
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Discipline Construction Engineering and Architecture; Engineering; Engineering Sciences; Natural Sciences; Physics
Temporal Coverage Begin 2015-12-07T08:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2015-12-09T08:00:00Z