Atomic ordering and martensitic transitions in Cu-Zn-Al shape memory alloys

We present results from both, calorimetric and dilatometric studies of the isothermal ordering process taking place in a Cu-Zn-Al shape memory alloy after quenches from Tq temperatures ranging from 350 K to 1200 K. The dissipated energy and the length variations of the system are obtained during the...

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Autores: Macqueron, J. L., Morin, Michel, Guénin, G., Planes Vila, Antoni, Elgueta, J., Castán i Vidal, Maria Teresa
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1991
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/53543
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/53543
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Termodinàmica
Transformacions martensítiques
Metalls
Aliatges
Química de l'estat sòlid
Thermodynamics
Martensitic transformations
Metals
Alloys
Solid state chemistry
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Sumario:We present results from both, calorimetric and dilatometric studies of the isothermal ordering process taking place in a Cu-Zn-Al shape memory alloy after quenches from Tq temperatures ranging from 350 K to 1200 K. The dissipated energy and the length variations of the system are obtained during the process. The change of these quantities in the whole process have been compared with the difference [MATH] between Ms, measured after the relaxation and Ms measured just after the quench. We obtain that these three quantities present, as a function of Tq, the same qualitative behaviour. These changes are then associated with changes of the L21 ordering after the quench in the system. The relaxational process does not follow a single exponential decay. Instead, a continuous slowing down is observed. A relaxation time [MATH] has been defined to characterize the relaxation rate. We show that [MATH] depends on both the annealing and the quenching (Tq [MATH] 800 K) temperatures through an Arrhenius law.