The preparation of large-scale Cu-Al-Ni shape memory alloys with excellent microstructure and texture is a significant challenge in this field.In this study,large-scale Cu-Al-Ni shape memory alloy(SMA)slabs with good ...The preparation of large-scale Cu-Al-Ni shape memory alloys with excellent microstructure and texture is a significant challenge in this field.In this study,large-scale Cu-Al-Ni shape memory alloy(SMA)slabs with good surface quality and strong orientation were prepared by the horizontal continuous casting(HCC).The microstructure and mechanical properties were compared with the ordinary casting(OC)Cu-Al-Ni alloy.The results showed that the microstructure of OC Cu-Al-Ni alloy was equiaxed grains with randomly orientation,which had no obvious superelasticity.The alloys producedby Hcchad herringbone grains withstrong orientation near(100)and the cumulative tensile superelasticity of 4.58%.The superelasticity of the alloy produced by HCC has been improved by 4-5 times.This work has preliminarily realized the production of large-scale Cu-Al-Ni SMA slab with good superelasticity,which lays a foundation forexpanding the industrial production and application of Cu-based SMAs.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51974028)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.2021JCCXJD01)+1 种基金the Key R&D and Transformation Projects in Qinghai Province(Grant No.2021-HZ-808)Hebei Province(Grant No.21314401D).
文摘The preparation of large-scale Cu-Al-Ni shape memory alloys with excellent microstructure and texture is a significant challenge in this field.In this study,large-scale Cu-Al-Ni shape memory alloy(SMA)slabs with good surface quality and strong orientation were prepared by the horizontal continuous casting(HCC).The microstructure and mechanical properties were compared with the ordinary casting(OC)Cu-Al-Ni alloy.The results showed that the microstructure of OC Cu-Al-Ni alloy was equiaxed grains with randomly orientation,which had no obvious superelasticity.The alloys producedby Hcchad herringbone grains withstrong orientation near(100)and the cumulative tensile superelasticity of 4.58%.The superelasticity of the alloy produced by HCC has been improved by 4-5 times.This work has preliminarily realized the production of large-scale Cu-Al-Ni SMA slab with good superelasticity,which lays a foundation forexpanding the industrial production and application of Cu-based SMAs.
