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Thermomechanical Behavior and Structure Formation of Shape Memory Ti – Zr – Nb Alloy for Medical Applications

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Special features of thermomechanical behavior and structure formation of shape memory alloy Ti – 19 at.% Zr – 14 at.% Nb for medical applications are studied under the conditions of upsetting at 600 – 1000°C with strain rates 0.1, 1, and 10 sec–1. The main parameters of the compressive stress–strain diagram are determined. Metallographic and x-ray diffraction analyses of the alloy are performed. The Vickers hardness of the specimens is measured. The alloy is shown to be well deformable under the conditions studied, and its sensitivity to the deformation rate is not high. Recommendations are developed for thermomechanical treatment of semiproducts from the Ti – Zr – Nb alloy.

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The work has been performed with financial support of the Russian Science Foundation (Project No. 20-63-47063).

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  1. National Research Technological University “MISiS” (NITU “MISiS”), Moscow, Russia

    V. A. Sheremet’ev, O. B. Akhmadkulov, A. V. Korotitskii, K. E. Lukashevich, S. P. Galkin & S. D. Prokoshkin

  2. A. A. Baikov Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    V. S. Komarov & V. A. Andreev

  3. MATEK-SPF Industrial Center, Moscow, Russia

    V. A. Andreev

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Translated from Metallovedenie i Termicheskaya Obrabotka Metallov, No. 8, pp. 3 – 12, August, 2021.

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Sheremet’ev, V.A., Akhmadkulov, O.B., Komarov, V.S. et al. Thermomechanical Behavior and Structure Formation of Shape Memory Ti – Zr – Nb Alloy for Medical Applications. Met Sci Heat Treat 63, 403–413 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11041-021-00703-8

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