Metallurgical Engineering

Metallurgical Engineering

Investigation of sintering time effect on the structural and mechanical properties of Ni-Ti alloy

Document Type : Research Paper

Abstract
In this study nitinol alloys were sintered at 1050 °C for different times of 1, 2, 4, 7 and 10 hours. Then they were investigated by metallographic analysis, X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, compression and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) tests. Structural studies revealed that NiTi become the dominant phase and Ni3Ti peaks intensity decreases by increasing time, but the possibility of complete elimination of them is so weak. Compression investigations and DSC measurements showed that due to the presence of porosity, austenitic-martensitic transformation behavior won’t be seen in the samples and by increasing sintering time from 1 h to 10 h, Young’s modulus increases from 3.64 Gpa to 4.58 Gpa. It was also seen that by increasing loading-unloading cycles from one cycle to four cycles, residual strains significantly reduce. , , , , , , , , , ,, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,, , , , , , , ,, , , , , , ,, , , , , , , , , , , ,, ,, , , , , , , , , , , ,, , , ,
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Volume 18, Issue 59
Summer 2016
Pages 23-33

  • Receive Date 14 November 2015
  • Revise Date 12 April 2016
  • Accept Date 11 May 2016