Comparison of the corrosion behavior of the TiNi alloy in the coarse-grained and ultrafine-grained state

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Abstract This article studies the corrosion behavior of the TiNi alloy in the coarse-grained and ultrafine-grained states. The study of the influence of the initial microstructure on the corrosion behavior of the TiNi alloy was carried out by the gravimetric method in the NaCl and H2SO4 solution for a month. Studies was shown that as a result of the action of a corrosive medium from a sample in a coarse-grained state, it undergoes greater destruction, pitting corrosion was observed, at the same time, in an ultrafine-grained sample only traces of corrosion products are observed on the surface of the samples. Investigations with an inverted light microscope in a dark field made it possible to observe corrosion products and determine their volume fraction. Evaluation of the corrosion rate showed that in the coarse-grained state it is 126 times higher than the corrosion rate in the ultrafine-grained state. Analysis of X-ray phase analysis showed that in the coarse-grained state after corrosion tests, a significant proportion of the TiNiH1.4 phase is observed, while in the ultrafine-grained state all phases correspond only to the TiNi phases. The TiNi alloy contains an Ti2Ni phase enriched Ti both in the coarse-grained state and in the ultrafine-grained state. Moreover, in a coarse-grained state, its share is 2 times higher.