采用真空感应熔炼惰性气体吹铸方法,制备出了晶粒组织沿径向择优生长的φ3 mm Fe82Ga18合金棒材,沿轴向饱和磁致伸缩值达到92×10-6。系统研究了Fe82Ga18合金不同热处理方式下的相结构和磁致伸缩性能,通过对比退火前后合金的组织结构及性能发现,吹铸法制备的Fe82Ga18合金棒材,大的磁致伸缩性能缘自合金内部所具有的大量短程有序富Ga原子团簇,同时该合金沿〈110〉方向具有择优生长的趋势。
Rapidly solidified Fe100-xGax （x=16-20） alloy rods were prepared by induction melting and copper mold casting under the protection of inert gases. The optical microscopy observation shows that the large and elongated columnar grains grow along the radial direction, which is parallel to the temperature gradient direction. The preferred orientation texture along the axial direction of the rod was detected by XRD. With the increase of Ga content, the saturation magnetization （Ms） of the alloys decreases distinctly and the dynamic response in low magnetic field increases drastically, the maximum longitudinal saturation magnetostriction for as-cast Fe82Ga18 alloy rods is 92×10-6 under an applied magnetic field strength of 30 kA/m. The large magnetostriction of Fe100-xGax alloys is attributed to the rapidly solidified disordered A2 phase and the high concentration of short range order of Ga atom clusters, which are arranged in the direction and finally trigger the formation of modified-DO3 structure, just as shown by the split of the （200） diffraction peak. Ordered DO3 phase is not conducive to the magnetostriction.
