Abstract
Martensite in TiNi-based alloys is reported to be thermally stabilized after a moderate deformation. Hence, this paper investigates the effect of deformation via stress-induced martensitic transformation on the reverse transformation behavior of (Ni47Ti44)100−xNbx (x=3, 9, 15, 20, 30 at.%) alloys. The stress-induced martensite appears to be stabilized in relation to the thermal-induced martensite that forms on cooling. This observation is confirmed by an increase in the reverse transformation start temperature, during which time the transformation temperature hysteresis reaches about 200°C. Moreover, the Nb content in Ni−Ti−Nb alloy has a great influence on the transformation temperature hysteresis of stress-induced martensite as well as on the process of stress-induced martensitic transformation. The mechanism of wide transformation temperature hysteresis is explained in terms of the microscopic structure of (Ni47Ti44)100−xNbx alloys. Furthermore, the temperature interval of the reverse transformation of stress-induced martensite was found to increase slightly as the strain of the high Nb-content alloy increased, though the value was much smaller than that of the thermally induced martensite. Finally, the paper explains the relation between this unique phenomenon and the elastic strain energy.
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