Effect of Nb Addition on Hardness and Wear Resist of Cu-Al-Ni Shape Memory Alloy Fabricated By Powder Metallurgy | ||
Journal of Engineering | ||
Article 1, Volume 20, Issue 1, January 2014, Pages 42-49 | ||
Authors | ||
Raied Z. Alfay; Ayad M. Takhakh; Abdul Rahim K. Abid Ali | ||
Abstract | ||
Cu-Al-Ni shape memory alloy specimens has been fabricated using powder metallurgy technique with tube furnace and vacuum sintering environment , three range of Nb powder weight percentage (0.3,0.6,0.9)% has been added. Micro hardness and sliding wear resist has been tested followed by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscope (SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscope (EDX) for micro structure observation. The experimental test for the samples has showed that the increase of Nb powder weight percentage in the master alloy has a significant effect on increasing the hardness and decreasing the wear resist therefore it will enhance the mechanical properties for this alloy. | ||
Keywords | ||
Shape Memory Alloy; Nb Addition; Hardness; Wear Resist | ||
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