Effects of Alloying Upon Certain Properties of 55.1 NITINOL

Résumé du livre

Ternary alloys of the intermetallic compound TiNi were hot hardness tested. Silicon, aluminum, iron, and cobalt are effective room temperature hardners. A unique interfacial compatibility between TiNi and tungsten bulk metal was discovered. It is believed that this will enable introduction of a new metal-metal composite system of fibrous tungsten in a NITINOL matrix. A rod of such material is shown to be capable of room temperature swaging, suggesting imporoved methods of working highly refractory metals. Silver-free TiNi brazing alloys for joining tungsten metals are a natural result of such compatibility.