Abstract

The structure and physical-mechanical properties of Ti-Ni-Ta-based surface alloy synthesized on the NiTi-substrate through additive thin-film electron-beam method have been studied. The synthesis of the surface alloy was carried out by 30-fold alternation of operations of deposition of a dopant film (Ti60Ta40 (at.%), ~50 nm thick) and liquid-phase mixing of the film/substrate using a pulsed low-energy high-current electron beam. It was found that Ti-Ni-Ta-based surface alloy, whose thickness is ~1.8 μm, has an amorphous structure. It has been established that the surface alloy has ~2 and ~1.5 times higher values of microhardness HOP and elastic modulus EOP compared to the initial NiTi-substrate, but parameter of plasticity δh and shape recovery ratio η close to the substrate. It is shown that the nature of the change in physical-mechanical properties in Ti-Ni-Ta-based surface alloy and the transition zone depends on the number and thickness of the sublayers, as well as on the structural states of the phases in the sublayers. The evaluation of the mechanical compatibility of the surface alloy with the NiTi-substrate is given.

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