Abstract
Most practical applications of NiTi shape memory alloys involve self-motivated shape recovery of the alloys associated with the reverse transformation. An increase of the reverse transformation temperature (martensite stabilization) implies a retardation, or complete avoidance, of the shape recovery, thus failure of the function. Therefore, understanding the mechanism of martensite stabilization in NiTi alloy is extremely important and still needs in-depth studies for its successful use. In the present paper the influence of annealing on martensite stabilization due to deformation via cooling under constant tensile stresses in cold-worked NiTi thin wires has been investigated. The annealed samples exhibit different degrees of martensite stabilization. The stabilization effect was much smaller in 550°C and 650°C annealed samples than that in 350°C and 450°C annealed ones. It increases with increasing annealing temperature up to 450°C and decreases when annealed above 450°C. The result implies that other mechanisms are involved apart from plastic deformation under such deformation mode.
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