Low carbon content NiTi shape memory alloy produced by electron beam melting



Título del documento: Low carbon content NiTi shape memory alloy produced by electron beam melting
Revista: Materials research
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000312730
ISSN: 1516-1439
Autors: 1

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Institucions: 1Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica, Sao Jose dos Campos, Sao Paulo. Brasil
2Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Mecanica, Campinas, Sao Paulo. Brasil
3University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. Estados Unidos de América
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Període: Abr-Jun
Volum: 7
Número: 2
Paginació: 263-267
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Nota breve o noticia
Enfoque: Experimental
Resumen en inglés Earlier works showed that the use of electron beam melting is a viable process to produce NiTi shape memory alloy. In those works a static and a semi-dynamic processes were used producing small shell-shaped and cylindrical ingots respectively. The main characteristics of those samples were low carbon concentration and good composition homogeneity throughout the samples. This paper presents the results of scaling up the ingot size and processing procedure using continuous charge feeding and continuous casting. The composition homogeneity was very good demonstrated by small variation in martensitic transformation temperatures with carbon content around 0.013wt% compared to 0.04 to 0.06wt% of commercial products
Disciplines Ingeniería,
Química
Paraules clau: Ingeniería de materiales,
Ingeniería mecánica,
Química industrial,
Aleaciones de memoria de forma,
Haces de electrones,
Propiedades mecánicas,
Composición química,
Carbono
Keyword: Engineering,
Chemistry,
Materials engineering,
Mechanical engineering,
Industrial chemistry,
Shape memory alloys,
Electron beams,
Mechanical properties,
Chemical composition,
Carbon
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