Shape memory properties and microstructural evolution of rapidly solidified CuAlBe alloys     
Yazarlar (4)
Semra Ergen
Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Orhan Uzun
Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Fikret YILMAZ Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
M. Fatih Kiliçaslan
Kastamonu University, Türkiye
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Materials Characterization
Dergi ISSN 1044-5803 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Dergi Grubu Q4
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 06-2013
Cilt No 80
Sayı 1
Sayfalar 92 / 97
DOI Numarası 10.1016/j.matchar.2013.03.010
Makale Linki http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1044580313000776
Özet
In this work, the effects of Be addition on the microstructure and phase transformation temperatures of Cu-12Al-xBe (x = 0.4, 0.5 and 0.6 wt.%) shape memory alloys fabricated by using the arc-melting and melt-spinning techniques have been investigated. X-ray diffraction analysis revealed that the arc-melted alloys consisted of austenitic β1, martensitic β1′ and γ2 precipitate phases, whereas melt-spun ribbons were composed of a fully martensitic phase. The average grain size of martensitic phases in melt-spun ribbons was determined by electron microscopy images, showing a decrease with increasing Beryllium (Be) amount. Moreover, it was found that the Be addition in the arc-melted alloys had a distinct effect on the morphology of the γ2 precipitate phase. Transmission electron microscopy analysis showed that the thickness of martensitic plates in the melt-spun ribbons reduced with increasing Be addition. In a differential scanning calorimeter analysis, no martensitic transformation (Ms) peak was observed in arc-melted alloys, but it was clearly detected in melt-spun ribbons, in which Ms decreased dramatically with increasing Be addition. The improvement in the shape memory ability of melt-spun ribbons was explained in terms of the refinement in grain size and martensitic plates. © 2013 Elsevier Inc.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Be-addition | Martensitic transformation | Melt-spinning | Shape memory alloys