Research Article

Influence of Milling Time on Structural and Microstructural Parameters of Ni50Ti50 Prepared by Mechanical Alloying Using Rietveld Analysis

Table 1

Structural and microstructural properties of unmilled Ni and Ti using the Rietveld refinements.

Microstructural propertiesElement
Nickel (Ni)Titanium (Ti)

Crystal structureFCCHCP

Space groupFm-3mP63/mmc

Cell parameters (nm) = 0.3524a = 0.2952
b = 0.4686

Atom positions: 3.65141 10−4: 0.3333
: −8.8563 10−5: 0.6667
: −5.9118 10−5: 0.2500

Occupancy1.00011.0000

Crystallite size (nm)318.4175241.2283

Microstrain 3.1758 10−44.5954 10−4

Stacking faults probability (SFP) 1.5832 10−40.1744

Dislocations density (×1016)0.00140.0027