Open AccessAccumulation of stress induced martensite in Fe43.5Mn34Al15±xNi7.5∓X shape memory alloys
Author(s) -
Victor Daniel Apostol,
Nicoleta Monica Lohan,
Elena Mihalache,
Radu Comaneci,
Nicanor Cimpoeşu,
Bogdan Pricop,
Mihai Popa,
Leandru-Gheorghe Bujoreanu
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/572/1/012032
Subject(s) - materials science , martensite , shape memory alloy , annealing (glass) , austenite , metallurgy , ultimate tensile strength , nial , aluminium , composite material , microstructure , intermetallic , alloy
Fe 43.5 Mn 34 Al 15 Ni 7.5 shape memory alloys (SMAs), have drawn considerable attention from the part of scientific community due to its superelastic behaviour, stable over a large thermal range (from -50 to +150°C) [1]. After cyclic heat treatment, solution treatment and ageing, the specimens became oligocrystalline and were reinforced by NiAl nanoprecipitates. The typical thermomechanical processing routine, before cyclic heat treatment of FeMnAlNi alloys, involves hot rolling, annealing and cold rolling [2]. The present paper discusses the effects of ± 1.5 at. % aluminium substitution with nickel, by correlating tensile behaviour with microstructural observations. The SMA specimens with chemical composition Fe 43.5 Mn 34 Al 15±1.5 Ni 7.5∓1.5 were subjected to tensile tests, comprising loading-unloading cycles, based on which recoverable strain and energy storage efficiency were calculated. Considering that, in each cycle, a permanent strain was obtained, it follows that not all of the amount of stress induced martensite completely reversed to austenite, but a small part of it was accumulated in each cycle. By optical and scanning electron microscopy, the microstructural changes correlated with stress induced martensite accumulation were emphasized, while considering the effects of ± 1.5 at. % Al substitution with Ni.