TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of Ba deoxidation on oxygen content in NiTi alloys and non-metallic inclusions
AU - Ito, Daisuke
AU - Nishiwaki, Naruhiko
AU - Ueda, Kyosuke
AU - Narushima, Takayuki
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements This study was financially supported by The Light Metal Educational Foundation, Advanced Low Carbon Technology Research and Development Program (ALCA), JST, Japan, and a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT), Japan, under Contract No. 22360299.
PY - 2013/1
Y1 - 2013/1
N2 - The effect of Ba deoxidation on the oxygen content and non-metallic inclusions in NiTi alloys was investigated. The NiTi alloy melt was held in a CaO crucible at 1673 K under Ar gas flow for 0-600 s. Metallic Ba (0.5-1.5 mass% with respect to NiTi alloy melt) was added to the melt. After melting, oxygen content of 710 and 330 mass ppm decreased to 210 and 130 mass ppm, respectively, after a holding time of 300 s after the addition of Ba. The oxygen in the melts was reduced to as low as 64 mass ppm after a second Ba deoxidation. The non-metallic inclusions observed in the NiTi alloys were the Ti 4Ni2O X and Ti(C,N,O) X types. Decreased oxygen content through Ba deoxidation caused a change in the main phase of the non-metallic inclusions from the Ti4Ni2O X type to the Ti(C,N,O) X type, and a decrease in the area percents of the non-metallic inclusions.
AB - The effect of Ba deoxidation on the oxygen content and non-metallic inclusions in NiTi alloys was investigated. The NiTi alloy melt was held in a CaO crucible at 1673 K under Ar gas flow for 0-600 s. Metallic Ba (0.5-1.5 mass% with respect to NiTi alloy melt) was added to the melt. After melting, oxygen content of 710 and 330 mass ppm decreased to 210 and 130 mass ppm, respectively, after a holding time of 300 s after the addition of Ba. The oxygen in the melts was reduced to as low as 64 mass ppm after a second Ba deoxidation. The non-metallic inclusions observed in the NiTi alloys were the Ti 4Ni2O X and Ti(C,N,O) X types. Decreased oxygen content through Ba deoxidation caused a change in the main phase of the non-metallic inclusions from the Ti4Ni2O X type to the Ti(C,N,O) X type, and a decrease in the area percents of the non-metallic inclusions.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10853-012-6753-z
DO - 10.1007/s10853-012-6753-z
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84871622096
SN - 0022-2461
VL - 48
SP - 359
EP - 366
JO - Journal of Materials Science
JF - Journal of Materials Science
IS - 1
ER -