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First stages of martensitic growth studied by TEM in a Cu-Al-Ni single crystal and associated mechanical spectroscopy instabilities
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 December 2001
Abstract
The martensitic transition of a Cu-Al-Ni single crystal has been studied by isothermal mechanical spectroscopy and in situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) observations. A damping instability (with time) has been found at low frequency at the beginning of the transition. At the same time, TEM study has evidenced the presence of thin martensite plates which appear just at the beginning of the (massive) martensite formation and growth. The martensite plate growth rate is quite low and non continuous. While high internal friction in the transition domain is usually associated with the mobility between martensite/austenite interfaces, the present internal friction anomaly has been ascribed to the unstable motions of the first martensite plates.
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- The European Physical Journal - Applied Physics , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , December 2001 , pp. 175 - 182
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- © EDP Sciences, 2001
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