Some full-Heusler alloys, such as Co(2)MnSi and Co(2)MnGe, are expected to be half-metallic ferromagnetic material, which has complete spin polarization. They are the most promising materials for realizing half-metallicity at room temperature owing to their high Curie temperature. We demonstrate a huge tunnel magnetoresistance effect in a magnetic tunnel junction using a Co(2)MnSi Heusler alloy...

This work considers phonon entropy effects on phase stability of three binary alloys: Fe-Cr, FeAl, and Al-Ag. In all cases the vibrational entropy plays an interesting role. The phonon density of states was measured on body-centered cubic Fe0.50Cr0.50 prepared as a solid solution, and in increasingly un-mixed states induced by annealing the solid solution at 773 K. Mössbauer spectrometry was us...

Neutron diffraction was used to measure the residual stress distribution in an FeAl weld overlay on steel. It was found that the residual stresses accumulated during welding were essentially removed by the post-weld heat treatment that was applied to the specimen; most residual stresses in the specimen developed during cooling following the post-weld heat treatment. The experimental data were c...

Resistance spot welding (RSW) is widely used as a main joining technique in industry and the electrode caps are frequently replaced because of degradation during service. In this study, G type copper RSW were coated with Fe Ni based Fe3Al, FeAl, Ni3Al, NiAl alloys by Electro-Spark Deposition (ESD), providing resistance to hot deformation, oxidation Zn evaporation from sheet metal. The ESD teste...