Abstract: Measurements by using the ultrasonic technique together for electric resistance verified that the first sound velocity valley on cooling is mainly due to the soft-mode of driving the com- mensurate phase transition,and the second one due to the soft-mode of driving the martensitic transformation.The starting point,R_s,and finishing point,R_f,of the commensurate phase transition of the alloy have been determined.

Key words: incommensurate phase transition, commensurate phase transition, Ti-Ni-Fe alloy