Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) ›› 1996, Vol. 9 ›› Issue (1): 56-58.

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DSC STUDY OF MARTENSITIC TRANSFORMATION KINETICS IN A Cu-Zn-Al-Mn-Ni SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY

GENG Guili;BAI Yujun;PENG Qifeng(Institute for Materials Engineering,Shandong University of Technology,Jinan 250014,China) Manuscript received 30 May 1995   

  • Received:1996-02-25 Revised:1996-02-25 Online:1996-02-25 Published:2009-10-10

Abstract: The kinetics of the reversible martensitic transformation in a Cu-Zn-Al-Mn-Ni shape memory alloy has been studied by means of differential scanning calorimetry.The apparent activation energy has been calculated and the kinetic equations of positive and adverse martensitic transformation have been established with the variations of temperature and time.

Key words: shape memory alloy, positive and adverse martensitic transformation, phase transformation kinetics, DSC study