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Pseudoelasticity and the strain-memory effect have been studied in alloys with compositions in the range Cu-33 to 35 wt pct Zn-3 to 3.5 wt pct Sn, having a retainedβ structure and a martensitic transformation below room temperature. The alloys show maximum pseudoelasticities of 8.5 pct for single crystals and 4.5 pct for polycrystals at temperatures close toA f . In single crystals high elasticity is retained to at least 100°C aboveA f but in polycrystals it decreases rapidly aboveA f . The strain-memory effect occurs on deformation belowM s with subsequent heating betweenA s andA f . The two effects are complementary, such that when one is large the other is small and vice versa. The total pseudoelastic and strain-memory recoveries are normally close to 100 pct. Both effects can be explained on the basis of the formation of a particular variant of the martensite giving significant elongations to the specimens. For pseudoelasticity, the initial structure is theβ phase and the oriented martensite reverts to theβ phase on removal of the stress. In the strain-memory effect the initial structure is oriented thermal martensite and the oriented martensite disappears only on heating to betweenA s andA f so that the martensite reverts to theβ matrix.
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L. C. BROWN, currently on leave from the Department of Metallurgy, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Eisenwasser, J.D., Brown, L.C. Pseudoelasticity and the strain-memory effect in Cu-Zn-Sn alloys. Metall Trans 3, 1359–1363 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02643018
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02643018