TY - JOUR
T1 - Enhancement of superelasticity in Cu-Al-Mn-Ni shape-memory alloys by texture control
AU - Sutou, Y.
AU - Omori, T.
AU - Kainuma, R.
AU - Ishida, K.
AU - Ono, N.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank Dr. L. Chandrasekaran, DERA (Farnb-orough, United Kingdom) for useful comments and for help in the preparation of the manuscript for publication. This work was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research and Development from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture of Japan.
PY - 2002/9
Y1 - 2002/9
N2 - A significant improvement in the degree of superelasticity in Cu-Al-Mn ductile polycrystalline alloys has been achieved through the addition of Ni and control of the recrystallization texture by thermomechanical processing, which contain the annealing in the fcc (α) + bcc (β) two-phase region, followed by heavy cold reductions of over 60 pct. The addition of Ni to the Cu-Al-Mn alloys shows a drastic effect on the formation of the strong {112|<110> recrystallization texture. Superelastic strains on the order of 7 pct, 3 times larger than those in other Cu-based shape-memory alloys (SMAs), have been realized in the textured Cu-Al-Mn-Ni alloys. The superelastic/strains obtainable in the textured Cu-based SMAs are on a par with those attainable in Ni-Ti-based alloys.
AB - A significant improvement in the degree of superelasticity in Cu-Al-Mn ductile polycrystalline alloys has been achieved through the addition of Ni and control of the recrystallization texture by thermomechanical processing, which contain the annealing in the fcc (α) + bcc (β) two-phase region, followed by heavy cold reductions of over 60 pct. The addition of Ni to the Cu-Al-Mn alloys shows a drastic effect on the formation of the strong {112|<110> recrystallization texture. Superelastic strains on the order of 7 pct, 3 times larger than those in other Cu-based shape-memory alloys (SMAs), have been realized in the textured Cu-Al-Mn-Ni alloys. The superelastic/strains obtainable in the textured Cu-based SMAs are on a par with those attainable in Ni-Ti-based alloys.
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U2 - 10.1007/s11661-002-0267-2
DO - 10.1007/s11661-002-0267-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0036709569
VL - 33
SP - 2817
EP - 2824
JO - Metallurgical Transactions A (Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science)
JF - Metallurgical Transactions A (Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science)
SN - 1073-5623
IS - 9
ER -