The effects of alloying elements Al and in on Ni-Mn-Ga shape memory alloys, from first principles

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Chen, Jie ^b   Li, Yan ^a   Shang, Jia Xiang ^b   Xu, Hui Bin ^b  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOYING; ALLOYING ELEMENTS; ALUMINUM; AUSTENITE; CHEMICAL STABILITY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; GALLIUM; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MARTENSITE; MARTENSITIC TRANSFORMATIONS; NICKEL; PHASE STABILITY; WEAR RESISTANCE;

CHEMICAL EFFECTS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL; DIFFERENT EFFECTS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; FORMATION ENERGIES; MARTENSITE PHASIS; MARTENSITIC TRANSFORMATION TEMPERATURES; NI-MN-GA; PARTIAL DENSITY OF STATE; PSEUDOPOTENTIAL PLANE-WAVE METHODS; SHAPE FACTORS; SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS; STRUCTURAL ENERGIES;

GALLIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 63649093441     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/21/4/045506     Document Type: Article

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