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The aim of the present work is to find the relationship between a decrease in transformation temperature and an increase in dislocation density during thermal cycling of NiTi alloy. The resistivity is used as a measure of the dislocation density variation and it allows one to find a linear dependence of the increment in the transformation temperatures on the dislocation density variation starting with the fifth thermal cycle. It is found that the thermal cycling of NiTi alloy within a temperature range of 473 to 273 K is accompanied by less dislocation density variation than in a range of 413 to 273 K. The dependence of transformation temperatures on increase in dislocation density in the first five cycles is not linear, hence it is concluded that the dislocation density variation is not the unique reason for a decrease in transformation temperature during the thermal cycling of equiatomic NiTi alloy.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)387-392
Number of pages6
JournalInternational Journal of Materials Research
Volume110
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 May 2019

    Research areas

  • Dislocation density, Martensitic transformations, Resistivity, Shape memory alloys, Thermal cycling

    Scopus subject areas

  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Metals and Alloys
  • Materials Chemistry

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