Synthesis of Cu-Ni-Al Shape Memory Alloy by Powder Metallurgy

Abstract:

Synthesis of Cu-Ni-Al alloy has been realized by powder metallurgy. Mechanical alloying was used to produce shape memory alloy consisting of Cu, x Al, and 5wt, % Ni to study the effect of using the aluminum ratios of 12.5, 13, and 13.5 wt.% and sintering temperature on the transformation temperature. The process to obtain the alloy has included cold compaction at 600 MPa, Ar Gas sintering at 950 °C, die forging at 900 °C under the pressure of 500 MPa, and heat treatment at 850 °C followed by water quenching. The results have shown that the proposed synthesis route could be used to obtain the alloy with proper transformation and metallurgical properties.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 941)
• Pages: 1618-1622
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.941.1618
• Online since: December 2018
• Authors: Ayman Elsayed*, Rabab Ibrahim, Mohamed Bahlol, Osama Dawood
• Keywords: Cu-Ni-Al Alloy, Powder Metallurgy, Shape Memory

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