Determination of microstructure and twinning relationship between martensitic variants in 53 at.%Ni-25 at.%Mn-22 at.%Ga ferromagnetic shape memory alloy

A recent study by high-resolution neutron powder diffraction provided accurate crystallographic information for the newly developed ferromagnetic shape memory alloy 53 at.%Ni-25 at.%Mn-22 at.%Ga. This made it possible to study by high-resolution electron backscatter diffraction the local microstructures and the twinning relationships between martensitic variants. The twin interfaces were also investigated and they are found to be coherent on the {112} planes.