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Microstructural Features and Shape-Memory Characteristics of Melt-Spun Ni-Al-Fe-B Ribbons

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

C. T. Liu
Affiliation:
Metals and Ceramics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831–6115
C. J. Sparks
Affiliation:
Metals and Ceramics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831–6115
J. A. Horton
Affiliation:
Metals and Ceramics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831–6115
E. P. George
Affiliation:
Metals and Ceramics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831–6115
C. A. Carmichael
Affiliation:
Metals and Ceramics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831–6115
Ming-Yuan Kao
Affiliation:
Johnson Controls Corporation, Milwaukee, WI
Henry Kunsmann
Affiliation:
Eaton Corporation, Milwaukee, WI
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Abstract

This paper summarizes our recent study of NiAI+Fe+B alloy ribbons containing 4 to 20% Fe and doped with 300 wt ppm B. Alloy ribbons were successfully fabricated by rapid solidification via melt spinning. The alloys with 8% Fe and 34% Al-equivalent [=Al%+(Fe%)/2] showed the best bend ductility at room temperature. The ribbons exhibited a reversible martensite (body-centered orthorombic structure) to B2 transformation as evidenced by DSC, X-ray and TEM studies. The shape-memory effect, as characterized by measuring the recovery of bend angles with temperature, is sensitive to alloy composition, with the best recovery observed in SMA-15 (B-doped Ni-27% Al-14% Fe). Annealing at 600°C causes aging embrittlement; in particular, in alloys containing 12% Fe.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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