Martensitic transformation in zirconia

Effect of Amorphous Silica Addition on Martensitic Phase Transformation of Zirconia and Investigation of its Tetragonal Structure Stability Mechanisms

This work is focused on the effect of amorphous SiO2 addition on the phase transformation and microstructural evolution of ZrO2 particles. Considering the structural similarities between the amorphous ZrO2 and its tetragonal structure, XRD results showed initial nucleation of metastable tetragonal ZrO2 from its amorphous matrix upon heat treatment. This metastable phase is unstable in pure ZrO2...

Martensitic Transformation and Elastic Constants

Driving force for martensitic transformation in steels

recently determined LVl~ to be 111918 J mol-I at temperatures below 1000 K, and pointed out that their experimental data were free from various 'intercept effects' which had dogged earlier investigations. Similarly, for T<1000K, they deduced '\~s=51.44Jmol-IK-I. There seem to be no data on the variation of LVl~ or ,\~s as a function of x. However, Lobo and Geigerl found that LVll: and ,\S~S do ...

Inverse Martensitic Transformation in Zr Nanowires

Suzhi Li,1 Xiangdong Ding,1,2,*,† Ju Li,1,3,*,‡ Xiaobing Ren,1,4 Jun Sun,1 Evan Ma,1,5,*,§ and Turab Lookman2 1State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China 2Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA 3Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,...

Complexion-mediated martensitic phase transformation in Titanium

The most efficient way to tune microstructures and mechanical properties of metallic alloys lies in designing and using athermal phase transformations. Examples are shape memory alloys and high strength steels, which together stand for 1,500 million tons annual production. In these materials, martensite formation and mechanical twinning are tuned via composition adjustment for realizing complex...