A Comparative Study of the Structure of Temperature-Induced and Stress-Induced R Phase in a Ti50Ni48Fe2 Alloy
摘要
This study is a comparative investigation on the structures of temperature-induced and stress-induced R phase in a Ti50Ni48Fe2 alloy by means of in situ X-ray. It is found that the thermally induced transformation proceeds in two distinct stages: an initial first-order transition, characterized by a sudden increase in both lattice distortion and atomic shuffle, followed by a second stage wherein these parameters increase continuously with lowering the temperature. In comparison, the structure of the stress-induced R phase remains unchanged with increasing stress. A direct comparison reveals that the structural parameters, i.e., lattice distortion and atomic shuffle, of the stress-induced R phase correspond closely to those of the thermally formed R phase at the testing temperature.