Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) ›› 1999, Vol. 12 ›› Issue (4): 509-514.

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EFFECTS OF RARE EARTH MIXTURE ON MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF CuZnAl SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS

N.C.Si and S.C.Sun Departmentof Materials Engineering,Jiangsu University of Science and Technology,Zhenjiang 212013 , China   

  • Received:1999-08-25 Revised:1999-08-25 Online:1999-08-25 Published:2009-10-10

Abstract: With thehelpofquantitative metallograph ,tensiletest,electron probeandscan electron mi croscope,theinfluencesof mixture rareearth ( RE) on the grain size, dynamics of grain growth and mechanicalpropertiesof CuZnAlshape memoryalloys wereinvestigated . Theex perimentalresultsshowsthat REcanrefinegrainsgreatly,improvethe mechanicalpropertiesremarkably andchangethetensilefracturefrom brittletypebordered grainstoplastictypeinthecondition of maintainingshape memory properties. Moreover microstructuresrevealthatREwhich accumulates on the grain boundariescan restrain grains’growing. In addition, the mechanismsofrefininggrainsizeandimproving mechanicalpropertiesarealsodiscussed.

Key words: rareearth, CuZnAlalloy, mechanicalproperty, shape memory alloys