Structural evolution and mechanism of strain glass transition in Ti 48.7 Ni 51.3 shape memory alloy studied by anomalous small-angle X-ray scattering
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS(2020)
Abstract
The in-situ anomalous small-angle X-ray scattering (ASAXS) technique was used to investigate the strain glass transition (SGT) in as-quenched Ti 48.7 Ni 51.3 shape memory alloy during a thermal cycle of 30 °C to the SGT temperature T g (−50 °C) and then to 30 °C again. The Ni atoms play a critical role as point defects in the SGT mechanism and are very difficult to characterize using conventional tools. ASAXS identified the distribution of Ni atoms in nanodomains, which have a disk-like core–shell configuration with a Ni-rich shell and a highly Ni-rich core. Moreover, the morphological evolution, growth and shrinkage of the highly Ni-rich core domains during the thermal cycle through T g are demonstrated. The enhancement and reversible behavior of the local lamellar ordering arrangement of nanodomains during the SGT process at T g are revealed. The structural evolution and local ordering arrangement of nanodomains can play a role in hindering martensitic transformation. The ASAXS results provide new knowledge about the SGT beyond that from current simulation works. However, this corresponding structure of the nanodomains was destroyed when the specimen was heated to 250 °C.
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Key words
strain glass transition,alloy,structural evolution,small-angle,x-ray
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