Researchers Compare Shape-Memory Alloys

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  • TBMG-35633
Published December 01, 2019 by Tech Briefs Media Group in United States
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Researchers have compared two copper-based SMAs of the same composition but fabricated differently. After annealing, the samples were cooled at different rates. Then both samples were heated inside the transmission electron microscope (TEM), so that scientists could observe the martensitic phase transition in real time.