Spark plasma sintering of TiNi nanopowders

Nicolau, Dan, Fu, Yong Qing, Moochhala, Shabbir, Shearwood, Christopher, Muller, Uwe and Dell, John M. (2004) Spark plasma sintering of TiNi nanopowders. Proceedings of SPIE, 5275. pp. 9-17. ISSN 0277-786X

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Abstract

Nano-size TiNi powder prepared by electro explosion of TiNi wire process as processed by spark plasma sintering for 5 minutes at variable temperatures between 700 and 1000°C. The shape memory effect and crystallagraphy of both the powder and the sintered TiNi specimens were extensively characterized. The specimen sintered at a temperature of 700° showed high porosity and partial densification, but with apparent shape memory effect. By contrast, the specimens sintered at higher sintering temperatures above 900°C showed high density, but experienced extensive oxidation with teh resulting loss of the shape memory effect. High temperature sintering resulted in significant solid-state inter-diffusion of atoms and thus the formation of different intermetallic phases, such as NiTi2 and Ni3Ti. The phase transformation temperatures and enthalpies for the samples sintered at 700 and 800°C increased with increasing temperature. In addition, the differences between the start and finish transformation temperatures for the sintered specimens appear to be significantly narrower compared to those of the nano-powder.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	F200 Materials Science
Department:	Faculties > Engineering and Environment > Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering
Depositing User:	Becky Skoyles
Date Deposited:	26 Mar 2015 12:57
Last Modified:	12 Oct 2019 19:05
URI:	http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/21819

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