By internal friction technique, the behaviour of quenched-in vacancies and their influence on the martensitic transformation of the Cu-11.9Al-2.5Mn alloy was studied. It was found that the reverse martensitic transformation temperature Tp follows a non-monotonous dependence on quenching temperature Tp, of which the presence of a maximum Tp value was attributed to the different vacancy formation energies in the ordered and disordered phases. The background internal friction decreased with increasing ageing time due to migration of vacancies and resultant pinning effect on the phase interfaces and dislocations.

Effects of Quenched-In Vacancies on the Damping Behaviour of Cu-11.9Al-2.5Mn Shape Memory Alloy. Q.Wang, F.Han, J.Wang, Q.Wang: Physica Status Solidi A, 2005, 202[1], 72-8