Abstract
The effects of carbon content and ausaging on austenite γ ↔ martensite (α′) transformation behavior and reverse-transformed structure were investigated in Fe-32Ni-12Co-4Al and Fe-(26,28)Ni-12Co-4Al-0.4C (wt pct) alloys. TheMs temperature, the hardness of γ phase, and the tetragonality of α′ increase with increasing ausaging time, and these values are higher in the carbon-bearing alloys in most cases. The γ → α′ transformation behavior is similar to that of thermoelastic martensite; that is, the width of α′ plate increases with decreasing temperature in all alloys. The αt’ → γ reverse transformation temperature is lower in the carbon-bearing alloys, which means that the shape memory effect is improved by the addition of carbon. The maximum shape recovery of 84 pct is obtained in Fe-28Ni-12Co-4Al-0.4C alloy when the ausaged specimen is deformed at theMs temperature and heated to 1120 K. There are two types of reverse-transformed austenites in the carbon-bearing alloy. One type is the reversed y containing many dislocations which were formed when the γ/α′ interface moved reversibly. The plane on which dislocations lie is (01 l)γ if the twin plane is (112)α′. The other type of reverse-transformed austenite exhibits γ islands nucleated within the α′ plates.
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