Elemental Mapping of NiTi with EFTEM
- Vanderbilt University
- ORNL
- Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany
Martensitic transformations in Ni-rich NiTi shape memory alloys take place as multistage transformations. In Ni-rich alloys with an austenitic B2 matrix, coherent Ni{sub 4}Ti{sub 3} precipitates form from thermo-mechanical processing and affect the sequence of the martensitic transformation. Any composition inhomogenieties that develop during the evolution of the Ni{sub 4}Ti{sub 3} precipitates will have a large influence on the multistage martensitic transformations, since the martensite start temperature, M{sub s}, is strongly dependent on the Ni concentration of the matrix. Since concentration differences on the order of 0.5 at% are sufficient to influence the transformation, providing sufficiently accurate concentration profiles for meaningful structure-property correlations is a challenging experiment. This investigation employs elemental mapping by energy-filtered transmission electron microscopy (EFTEM) to attempt to measure the concentration profiles at these precipitate-matrix interfaces.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Shared Research Equipment Collaborative Research Center
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 1003469
- Journal Information:
- Microscopy and Microanalysis, Vol. 11, Issue suppl.2; ISSN 1431-9276
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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