Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) ›› 1996, Vol. 9 ›› Issue (3): 157-163.

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IN SITU TEM STUDY ON THE R-PHASE TRANSFORMATION IN TiNi ALLOY

CHEN Qing; WU Xingfang and C. J. Humphreys(Department of Materials Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China)(Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CBZ 3QZ, U. K.)Manuscript received 30 November 1995; in revised form 17 April 1995   

  • Received:1996-06-25 Revised:1996-06-25 Online:1996-06-25 Published:2009-10-10

Abstract: The R-phase transformation process in selected TiNi alloys has been studied in great detail by using in situ TEM technique. The R-phase transformation was found to be a reversible thermoelastic displacive transformation with a nucleation and growth process. The R-phase nucleates at the precipitate/matrix interface in aged specimens and grows by moving the coherent R/matrix interfaces. The stress field of Ti3Ni4 precipitates plays a much more important role in the formation of the R-phase than dislocations in aged TiNi alloy. The microstructure of the R-phase has also been studied.

Key words: R-phase transformation, TiNi alloy, in situ TEM