Abstract
Former internal friction studies concerning NiTi alloys are currently limited to the temperature range 300 K-400 K relative to the martensitic transition. This paper describes results obtained by isothermal mechanical spectroscopy between 400 K and 1050 K with a sample in austenitic phase after different thermomechanical treatments: cold rolled, deformed by tension, submitted to successive transition cycles or annealed at high temperature. Two relaxation peaks superimposed to a low frequency (i.e. high temperature) background were found. For the first one (520 K at 1 Hz) both, the variation of the relaxation strength with the measurement temperatures and the relaxation parameters (Ea = 1.35 eV and τ 0 = 2.5x10 -14 s) correspond to a Zener relaxation. The high temperature peak (870 K at 1 Hz) was associated with a relaxation due to dislocation segment motion.
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