a National Institute of Materials Physics, 077125 Bucharest, Romania b National Institute for Electrical Engineering ICPE-CA, 030138 Bucharest, Romania
Abstract:
Phase transformation behavior of Ti50Ni30Cu20 shape memory alloys prepared by powder metallurgy is analyzed with respect to the duration of mechanical alloying. The processed blends were studied by differential scanning calorimetry and room temperature X-ray diffraction. The martensitic transformations evidenced by thermal scans are discussed in correlation with the relative phase content obtained from the refinement of the X-ray diffraction patterns.