Fabricating TiNiCu Ternary Shape Memory Alloy by Directed Energy Deposition via Elemental Metal Powders
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. DED Fabrication
2.3. Microstructure, Element Composition, and Phase
2.4. Hardness Test
2.5. Tensile Test
2.6. Phase Transformation Characterization
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Element Composition and Microstructure
3.2. Phase
3.3. Hardness
3.4. Tensile Test
3.5. DSC Phase Transformation Analysis
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Area No. for EDS | Ti at.% | Ni at.% | Cu at.% |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 51.2 | 38.4 | 10.4 |
2 | 66.3 | 29.6 | 4.1 |
3 | 51.4 | 40.9 | 7.7 |
4 | 67.3 | 30.2 | 2.5 |
5 | 51.0 | 42.8 | 6.2 |
6 | 64.6 | 31.5 | 3.9 |
7 | 49.4 | 45.8 | 4.9 |
8 | 63.9 | 33.1 | 3.0 |
9 | 48.2 | 46.2 | 5.6 |
10 | 35.3 | 42.7 | 21.9 |
UTS (MPa) | AM Processing Methods | Ref. |
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622 for the horizontal sample 447 for the vertical sample | DED (elemental powder) | This work |
250 | DED (elemental powder) | [40] |
320 | DED (elemental powder) | [41] |
780 | DED (pre-alloyed) | [42] |
601 | SLM | [43] |
690 ± 15 | SLM | [44] |
571.4 ± 18.6 | WAAM | [45] |
Section | |Ms−Mf| (°C) | |Af−As| (°C) | |Ap−Mp| (Hysteresis) (°C) |
---|---|---|---|
S12 | 10 | 8 | 11 |
S23 | 12 | 17 | 12 |
S34 | 27 | 28 | 16 |
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Chen, Y.; Zhang, X.; Parvez, M.M.; Newkirk, J.W.; Liou, F. Fabricating TiNiCu Ternary Shape Memory Alloy by Directed Energy Deposition via Elemental Metal Powders. Appl. Sci. 2021, 11, 4863. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11114863
Chen Y, Zhang X, Parvez MM, Newkirk JW, Liou F. Fabricating TiNiCu Ternary Shape Memory Alloy by Directed Energy Deposition via Elemental Metal Powders. Applied Sciences. 2021; 11(11):4863. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11114863
Chicago/Turabian StyleChen, Yitao, Xinchang Zhang, Mohammad Masud Parvez, Joseph W. Newkirk, and Frank Liou. 2021. "Fabricating TiNiCu Ternary Shape Memory Alloy by Directed Energy Deposition via Elemental Metal Powders" Applied Sciences 11, no. 11: 4863. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11114863