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ACTA AERONAUTICAET ASTRONAUTICA SINICA ›› 2011, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (5): 948-952.

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Microstructure and Transformation Behavior of TiNiFeNb Shape Memory Alloys

HU Ning, LIU Fushun   

  1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
  • Received:2010-08-18 Revised:2010-09-22 Online:2011-05-25 Published:2011-05-19

Abstract: A series of quaternary shape memory alloys Ti49Ni50-XFeXNb1 (at%) are prepared by adding elements Fe and Nb into alloys Ti50Ni50. The microstructure morphology and phase transition behavior of these alloys are studied systematically by X-ray diffraction, backscattered electron and electrical resistance measurements. It is shown that the addition of Nb does not change the phase structure of alloy TiNiFe (B2) and it just causes a tiny quantity of Nb-rich phase to precipitate in the matrix. However, the Nb addition inhibits the appearance of the R-phase in the process of phase transformation. With the increase of Fe content from 1 at% to 3 at%, the martensitic transformation temperature decreases rapidly from 273.7 K to 137.2 K. In addition,shape memory alloys Ti49Ni47Fe3Nb1 exhibites good shape memory effect and its strain recovery rate reaches 92.66% after a pre-strain of 8%.

Key words: shape memory alloys, Ti49Ni50-XFeXNb1, microstructure, transformation behavior, shape memory effect

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