Abstract
Recently the isothermal martensitic transformation in shape memory alloys (SMAs) has been reported in many literatures, and several models have been proposed to interpret the isothermal and athermal kinetics. However, the underlying mechanisms remain inadequately understood. In this work, the isothermal transformation from B2 to B19 is confirmed in Ti-Ni-Cu-Co melt-spun ribbons at the temperature range between Ms and Mf. It reaches a saturation point at every isothermal temperature Tiso, and the saturation points correspond to the f−T curve at the cooling rate of 0.5 K/min. The experimental results indicate that the isothermal accumulation of martensite is a relaxation process from the transient state to the thermoelastic balance one. A thermally activated kinetic model is developed in this study to characterize the isothermal and athermal kinetics. The model is able to estimate the evolution of martensite volume fraction under any temperature path T(t) and it agrees with the experimental results well. According to the model, the effects of elastic energy, nucleation density, and activation energy on the kinetics are investigated. Among those, a small nucleation density ni as well as a large activation energy Q will result in a significant isothermal transition. In this work, the slighter isothermal effects originate from the higher value of ni. As for the non-stoichiometric SMAs, the higher value of Q is responsible for the accumulation of martensite at the isothermal process. Accordingly, the present work provides a novel view from a kinetic model to understand the isothermal martensitic transformation in SMAs.
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