학술논문

Effect of heat treatment on microstructure, hardness and rollability of V55Ti30Ni15 alloy membranes.
Document Type
Article
Source
Materials & Design. Nov2014, Vol. 63, p136-141. 6p.
Subject
*HEAT treatment of metals
*METAL microstructure
*METAL hardness
*ROLLING (Metalwork)
*NICKEL-titanium alloys
*ARTIFICIAL membranes
Language
ISSN
0264-1275
Abstract
The effect of heat treatment on the microstructure, hardness and rollability of V55Ti30Ni15 alloy membranes has been investigated in this study. The microstructure resulting from different heat treatment conditions has a great influence on hardness. Fine NiTi particles precipitate from the supersaturated V-matrix solid solution at temperatures above 600 °C, increase in quantity until 800 °C, then dissolve back into the V-matrix with a further increase in temperature up to 950 °C. The resultant hardness decreases with temperature until 800 °C, and then increases from 800 to 950 °C. In the present study, a comparison has been made between the rollability of the as-cast and the heat treated state selected for deformation at different rolling temperatures. The percent reduction in thickness of the heat-treated alloy (800 °C/18 h) has been found to be up to 30% higher than that of the as-cast alloy, even at room temperature (cold rolling). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]