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J. Phys. IV France
Volume 05, Number C8, Décembre 1995
International Conference on Martensitic Transformations – ICOMAT 95
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| Page(s) | C8-1229 - C8-1234 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/jp4/1995581229 | |
| Published online | 14 July 2014 | |
Pseudoelasticity and Transformation Features of some NiTi Orthodontic Commercial Wires
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ITM-CNR/C.I.L., Lecco, Como, Italy
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Department of Physics, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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Cattedra di Ortognatodonzia, Univ. of Perugia, Facoltà di Medicina, Perugia, Italy
Premartensitic and martensitic phase transitions have been investigated between -20 and +60 °C in two types of NiTi orthodontic wires subjected to constant bending strains. The electrical resistivity clearly shows a shift towards higher temperatures of the austenite/R-phase (A-R) transition, indicating pseudoelastic behaviour due to stress-induced R-phase. Pseudoelasticity associated with stress-induced martensite was not clearly displayed by resistometric measurements, due to the inhomogeneity of the applied strain field. Stress-strain tensile experiments, on the contrary, clearly show that pseudoelasticity mostly arises, as expected, from stress-induced martensite. The Clausius-Clapeyron relationships have been deduced for martensite induced by stress from both the austenite and R-phase and they appear to differ one another. Appreciable recoverable strains could be identified for both types of material at deformation levels beyond the plateau region.
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