Accession Number:

AD0742767

Title:

On the TiNi (Nitinol) Martensitic Transition. Part 1

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.

Corporate Author:

NAVAL ORDNANCE LAB WHITE OAK MD

Personal Author(s):

• Wang, Frederick E.

Report Date:

1972-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

107.0

Abstract:

The experimental evidence obtained and the theory proposed thus far on the TiNi martensitic transition are summarized and reviewed. Fundamental principles involved in the various modes of investigation are described and the uniqueness of the transition is detailed.

Descriptors:

• *NICKEL ALLOYS
• CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
• PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
• TITANIUM ALLOYS
• INTERMETALLIC COMPOUNDS
• PHASE DIAGRAMS
• BAND THEORY OF SOLIDS
• PHASE STUDIES

Subject Categories:

• Properties of Metals and Alloys

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE