Behavior of Inelastic and Plastic Strains in Coarse-Grained Ti49.3Ni50.7(at%) Alloy Deformed in B2 States

Abstract

The regularities of the change in inelastic strain in coarse-grained samples of the Ti49.3Ni50.7 (at%) alloy are studied when the samples are given torsional strain in the state of the high-temperature B2 phase. During cooling and heating, the investigated samples underwent the B2–B19′ martensite transformation (MT); the temperature of the end of the reverse MT was Af = 273 K. It was found that at the temperature of isothermal cycles “loading-unloading” Af + 8 K, when the specimen is assigned a strain of 4%, the effect of superelasticity is observed. With an increase in the torsional strain, the shape memory effect is clearly manifested. It is assumed that the stabilization of the B19′ phase in unloaded samples is due to the appearance of dislocations during deformation due to high internal stresses at the interphase boundaries of the B2 phase and the martensite phase during MT. The appearance of dislocations during the loading of samples near the temperatures of forward and reverse MT can also be facilitated by the “softening” of the elastic moduli of the alloy in this temperature range. At a test temperature above Af + 26 K, the superelasticity effect dominates in the studied samples.