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Growth of CuZnAl and CuAlNi single crystals with shape memory martensites

  • S. N. Roy*
  • , H. Xu
  • , S. Tan
  • , B. Hinz
  • , I. Müller
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This paper reports the growth of CuZnAl and CuAlNi single crystals by Bridgman technique. Different rates of ampoule lowering ranging from 5 to 10 mm/h were used and it has been observed that good quality large crystals having more than 18 mm diameter and 75 mm length could be grown at a rate of 7.2 mm/h. The composition of the growth crystals were uniform and were determined to be CuZn14.03Al8.56 and CuAl14.53Ni4.2 (wt%). In order to characterize the shape memory effect, it has been supplemented by microstructure.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1061-1064
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Crystal Growth
Volume102
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jun 1990
Externally publishedYes

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