ISSN 2594-5327
69° Congresso Anual da ABM - Internacional — vol. 69, num.69 (2014)
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New elements have been inserted in NiTi lately, resulting in ternary alloys with specific characteristics beyond Shape Memory Effect and Superelasticity. Among all others alloying elements, the Ag additions itself gives potential antibacterial activity to that smart material. So on, the elaboration procedures of ternary NiTiAg alloys was studied in order to obtain a melting procedure to ensure further studies on this alloy. Microstructural and thermal analyses were used to evaluate the VAR-remelting production of NiTiAg with 4.0% wt silver content. The microstructure is composed by a NiTi matrix, pure Ag precipitates, and, scarcely, TiC inclusions. Heat treatments at high temperature could not dilute those Ag particles, but could lead to the precipitation of new ones. The silver element reduces the temperature of the martensitic transformation, yielding a material with superelastic behavior, beyond induces the R-phase on cooling stage of this alloy.
New elements have been inserted in NiTi lately, resulting in ternary alloys with specific characteristics beyond Shape Memory Effect and Superelasticity. Among all others alloying elements, the Ag additions itself gives potential antibacterial activity to that smart material. So on, the elaboration procedures of ternary NiTiAg alloys was studied in order to obtain a melting procedure to ensure further studies on this alloy. Microstructural and thermal analyses were used to evaluate the VAR-remelting production of NiTiAg with 4.0% wt silver content. The microstructure is composed by a NiTi matrix, pure Ag precipitates, and, scarcely, TiC inclusions. Heat treatments at high temperature could not dilute those Ag particles, but could lead to the precipitation of new ones. The silver element reduces the temperature of the martensitic transformation, yielding a material with superelastic behavior, beyond induces the R-phase on cooling stage of this alloy.
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NiTiAg; VAR remelting; Heat treatment; Shape memory alloy
NiTiAg; VAR remelting; Heat treatment; Shape memory alloy
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Gilberto Álvares da Silva;
Jorge Otubo.
MELTING AND HEAT TREATMENT OF AN Ag HIGH-CONTENT NiTiAg SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY – A MICROSTRUCTURAL AND THERMAL VIEW
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p. 7507-7518.
In: 69° Congresso Anual da ABM - Internacional,
São Paulo - Brasil,
2014.
ISSN: 2594-5327
, DOI 10.5151/1516-392X-24657