The influence of composition and grain size on the martensitic transformation temperatures of CuAlMn shape memory alloys

1987 ◽  
Vol 21 (12) ◽  
pp. 1711-1716 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. López del Castillo ◽  
B.G. Mellor ◽  
M.L. Blázquez ◽  
C. Gómez
2015 ◽  
Vol 95 ◽  
pp. 37-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith R. Morrison ◽  
Mathew J. Cherukara ◽  
Hojin Kim ◽  
Alejandro Strachan

2007 ◽  
Vol 537-538 ◽  
pp. 129-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marton Benke ◽  
Valéria Mertinger ◽  
E. Nagy ◽  
Jan Van Humbeeck

The ageing phenomena and its effect on the thermoelastic martensitic transformation was investigated in three Cu-base SMAs. The transformation temperatures shifted to higher temperatures due to aging in the beta-phase. To increase the alloy’s ductility, a definite amount of Mn (4 wt%) and Fe (2 wt%) were added to the ternary alloy. The thermoelastic martensitic transformation was found in the not-aged samples of the CuAlNiMn and CuAlNiMnFe alloys. This transformation was destroyed due to ageing heat treatments by a fairly unknown exothermic process. The thermoelastic martensitic transformation appeared again in the aged CuAlNiMn and CuAlNiMnFe samples after keeping them on room temperature for a few months. This phenomena was investigated by DSC, SEM, TEM, and XRD.


Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 798 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuki Hattori ◽  
Takahiro Taguchi ◽  
Hee Kim ◽  
Shuichi Miyazaki

Ti–Ni–Pd shape memory alloys are promising candidates for high-temperature actuators operating at above 373 K. One of the key issues in developing high-temperature shape memory alloys is the degradation of shape memory properties and dimensional stabilities because plastic deformation becomes more pronounced at higher working temperature ranges. In this study, the effect of the Ti:(Ni + Pd) atomic ratio in TixNi70−xPd30 alloys with Ti content in the range from 49 at.% to 52 at.% on the martensitic transformation temperatures, microstructures and shape memory properties during thermal cycling under constant stresses were investigated. The martensitic transformation temperatures decreased with increasing or decreasing Ti content from the stoichiometric composition. In both Ti-rich and Ti-lean alloys, the transformation temperatures decreased during thermal cycling and the degree of decrease in the transformation temperatures became more pronounced as the composition of the alloy departed from the stoichiometric composition. Ti2Pd and P phases were formed during thermal cycling in Ti-rich and Ti-lean alloys, respectively. Both Ti-rich and Ti-lean alloys exhibited superior dimensional stabilities and excellent shape memory properties with higher recovery ratio and larger work output during thermal cycling under constant stresses when compared with the alloys with near-stoichiometric composition.


2005 ◽  
Vol 475-479 ◽  
pp. 1937-1940 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Shan Cui ◽  
Yan Jun Zheng

In a constrained martensitic transformation of shape memory alloys, a fraction of martensite is always retained in the materials. Experimental results showed that the remaining martensite could be plastically deformed by the generated recovery stresses. The self-tension process elevated the reverse transformation temperatures of the remaining martensite, and the external constraint conditions had no significant effect on the self-tension process of the remaining martensite.


Author(s):  
L. Bumke ◽  
N. Wolff ◽  
C. Chluba ◽  
T. Dankwort ◽  
L. Kienle ◽  
...  

AbstractSputtered Ti–rich TiNiCu alloys are known to show excellent cyclic stability. Reversibility is mostly influenced by grain size, crystallographic compatibility and precipitates. Isolating their impact on cyclic stability is difficult. Ti2Cu precipitates for instance are believed to enhance reversibility by showing a dual epitaxy with the B2 and B19 lattice. Their influence on the functional fatigue, if they partly lose the coherency is still unknown. In this study, sputtered Ti53.7Ni24.7Cu21.6 films have been annealed at different temperatures leading to a similar compatibility (λ2 ~ 0.99), grain size and thermal cyclic stability. Films annealed at 550 °C exhibit a superior superelastic fatigue resistance but with reduced transformation temperatures and enthalpies. TEM investigations suggest the formation of Guinier–Preston (GP) zone-like plate precipitates and point towards a coherency relation of the B2 phase and finely distributed Ti2Cu precipitates (~ 60 nm). Films annealed at 700 °C result in the growth of Ti2Cu precipitates (~ 280 nm) with an irregular distribution and a partial loss of their coherency. Thus, GP zones are assumed to cause the reduction of transformation temperatures and enthalpies due to increased internal stresses, whereas the coherency relation of both, Ti2Cu and GP zones, help to increase the superelastic stability, well beyond 107 cycles.


1997 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 2288-2297 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Font ◽  
J. Muntasell ◽  
J. Pons ◽  
E. Cesari

The effects of thermal cycling through the martensitic transformation have been studied in three Cu–Al–Ni–Mn–B high temperature shape memory alloys. An increase of the martensitic transformation temperatures with the number of cycles (up to ∼7 K after 60 cycles) has been generally observed by DSC measurements. The microstructure of these alloys is rather complicated, with the presence of big manganese or aluminum boride particles and small boron precipitates, as well as the formation of dislocations during thermal cycling. By means of aging experiments, it has been shown that the evolution of transformation temperatures during cycling is mainly due to the step-by-step aging in parent phase accompanying the thermal cycling, and that the dislocations formed during cycling have only a very small effect, at least up to 60 cycles.


2007 ◽  
Vol 539-543 ◽  
pp. 3163-3168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian Sandu ◽  
Koichi Tsuchiya ◽  
Shinya Yamamoto ◽  
Masayuki Tabuchi ◽  
Yoshikazu Todaka ◽  
...  

Effect of isothermal aging on martensitic transformation temperatures, mechanical properties and microstructure was investigated for a Ni-rich Ti-Zr-Ni shape memory alloy at temperatures ranging from 673 K to 773 K. The aging behaviour was two stage process: the first stage associated with an increase in the Vickers hardness and a decrease in martensitic transformation temperatures and the second stage with a decrease in the hardness and increase in the transformation temperatures. Second stage was also characterized by the appearance of nano-scale precipitates, which has never been reported.


2015 ◽  
Vol 1101 ◽  
pp. 177-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saif Ur Rehman ◽  
Mushtaq Khan ◽  
Liaqat Ali ◽  
Syed Husain Imran Jaffery

Formation of Ni4Ti3 precipitates during aging of Ni-rich binary NiTi shape memory alloys and its effect on transition behavior during transformation from austenite to martensite phase has been studied extensively. However for equi-atomic NiTi-based quaternary high temperature shape memory alloy, two-stage martensitic transformation was detected for the first time. The Ti50Ni15Pd25Cu10 high temperature shape memory alloys were investigated for the hardness and transformation temperatures at aging temperature of 550°C. Aging at 550°C for 6 h resulted in remarkable increase in the hardness, whereas the phase transformation temperatures decreased significantly. During forward transformation from austenite to martensite, two-stage martensitic transformation; B2 (cubic) → R-phase and R-phase → B19 (orthorhombic) was observed.


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