Fe-Al alloys exhibit excellent mechanical properties, low cost, and moderate magnetostriction, making it a promising magnetostrictive material. The polycrystalline (Fe81Al19)100-xCex (x=0, 0.05, 0.10, 0.20, 0.30, 0.40, at%) alloys were prepared by arc melting. The effect of trace doping rare earth elements Ce on the microstructure, texture, and magnetostrictive behavior of Fe81Al19 alloys was investigated. Results show that the trace doping of the Ce element transforms the equiaxed crystals into columnar crystals, thus significantly improving the volume fraction of favorable η texture. The columnar crystal characteristics gradually weaken with the increase in Ce content, leading to weakening of η texture and an increase in the volume fraction of α and γ texture. With the increase in Ce content, a large amount of Ce-rich phases form at grain boundaries and within the grains. Among them, the phases at grain boundaries are mainly composed of Ce-Al-rich phases, while the phases within the grains is a composite secondary phase of Ce-Al wrapped around the Fe-Ce-rich phase. The magnetostriction of Fe81Al19 alloy is significantly enhanced by trace doping of Ce element. The peak magnetostriction of 153 ppm is obtained at the Ce element of 0.05at%, with an enhancement of 89% compared to the magnetostriction of a binary alloy. This improvement in magnetostriction is attributed to more columnar crystals containing ηtextures and the formation of more nanoheterogeneous phases owing to solid solution of trace Ce element.
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
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| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |