Obtenção da liga NiTi por metalurgia do pó
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2016-07-29
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Silvestre, Marcus Nathan [UNESP]
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Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
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O nitinol (NiTi) é uma das ligas mais empregadas entre aquelas que apresentam o efeito de memória de forma. A produção da liga por metalurgia do pó é uma alternativa às limitações das ligas fundidas, mas apresenta algumas limitações. O objetivo deste trabalho foi obter a liga NiTi via metalurgia do pó, combinando temperatura e tempo de sinterização para produzir uma liga com baixo volume de fases secundárias e óxidos e a martensita como fase principal à temperatura ambiente. Os pós de níquel e titânio foram pesados na proporção 50,5% Ni - 49,5% Ti (% at) e misturados mecanicamente por 2 horas. A mistura foi compactada uniaxialmente sob três tensões consecutivas: 1000, 750 e 500 MPa, relaxando o sistema em cada carga. Em seguida as amostras foram sinterizadas a 930°C, por períodos de 20, 30, 40 ou 50 horas. Após a determinação da melhor rota de sinterização, as amostras foram submetidas à deformação mecânica a quente, utilizando deformações reais de 31% ou 98%. As amostras foram submetidas a alguns tratamentos térmicos: o recozimento foi realizado a temperaturas de 500 °C e 700 °C e a solubilização a 930 °C. A caracterização das amostras foi realizada por microscopia óptica e MEV, difração de raios X, calorimetria exploratória diferencial e ensaio de microdureza. Em relação à rota de sinterização, o melhor resultado foi obtido utilizando-se tempo de sinterização de 50 horas, com a fase martensítica predominante e ausência de pó residual. As fases intermetálicas secundárias observadas foram Ni3Ti e Ni4Ti3. A densidade das amostras sinterizadas não variou significativamente com o tipo de compactação ou tempo de sinterização. A temperatura de transformação de fase martensítica foi satisfatória para o processo. Em relação à conformação mecânica, o valor de densidade aumentou significantemente, como o esperado. Com o recozimento das amostras, a microestrutura não foi alterada, entretanto os intermetálicos se formaram. Os valores de dureza nas amostras são consideravelmente altos para a composição utilizada e estão relacionados à contaminação por oxigênio, à precipitação da fase Ni4Ti3 e à presença de austenita.
Nitinol (NiTi) is one of the most used alloys that exhibit the shape memory effect and powder metallurgy is an alternative to overcome the casting limitations, but some details need to be checked. The aim of this work is to obtain NiTi by powder metallurgy, determining the best combination of sintering time and sintering temperature to produce an alloy with low volume fraction of secondary intermetallic phases and oxides and martensite as the main phase at room temperature. Ni and Ti elemental powders were weighted in order to get the 49.5% Ti – 50.5%Ni (% at) composition and mechanically mixed for 2 hours. The mixed powder was then uniaxially die compacted under the following condition: 1000 MPa, 750 MPa and 500 MPa. After every stress was applied, the system was relaxed. The sintering was performed under an argon atmosphere at 930°C for: 20, 30, 40 and 50 hours. After determining the best sintering route, hot rolling was applied to the samples, using real deformation of 31% and 98%. The samples were submitted to heat treatments: annealing was performed at 500 °C and 700 °C and solubilization was performed at 930 °C. The samples were characterized using optical microscopy, scanning electron microscope, x-ray diffraction and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The best route obtained was 50 hours of sintering time, which resulted in the lowest volume of secondary intermetallic phases and no unreacted powder. The intermetallic phases formed were Ni3Ti and Ni4Ti3. The density did not vary with the type of compacting or sintering time. The start temperature of martensite transformation was considered reasonable regarding the process used. After hot rolling, the microstructure did not change significantly. The phases detected after rolling were the same detected previously. About the heat treatments, after the aging the microstructure remained unchanged, but intermetallic phases precipitated. The hardness values obtained were considerably high for the composition used and were attributed to the oxygen contamination, Ni4Ti3 precipitation and the presence of austenite.
Nitinol (NiTi) is one of the most used alloys that exhibit the shape memory effect and powder metallurgy is an alternative to overcome the casting limitations, but some details need to be checked. The aim of this work is to obtain NiTi by powder metallurgy, determining the best combination of sintering time and sintering temperature to produce an alloy with low volume fraction of secondary intermetallic phases and oxides and martensite as the main phase at room temperature. Ni and Ti elemental powders were weighted in order to get the 49.5% Ti – 50.5%Ni (% at) composition and mechanically mixed for 2 hours. The mixed powder was then uniaxially die compacted under the following condition: 1000 MPa, 750 MPa and 500 MPa. After every stress was applied, the system was relaxed. The sintering was performed under an argon atmosphere at 930°C for: 20, 30, 40 and 50 hours. After determining the best sintering route, hot rolling was applied to the samples, using real deformation of 31% and 98%. The samples were submitted to heat treatments: annealing was performed at 500 °C and 700 °C and solubilization was performed at 930 °C. The samples were characterized using optical microscopy, scanning electron microscope, x-ray diffraction and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The best route obtained was 50 hours of sintering time, which resulted in the lowest volume of secondary intermetallic phases and no unreacted powder. The intermetallic phases formed were Ni3Ti and Ni4Ti3. The density did not vary with the type of compacting or sintering time. The start temperature of martensite transformation was considered reasonable regarding the process used. After hot rolling, the microstructure did not change significantly. The phases detected after rolling were the same detected previously. About the heat treatments, after the aging the microstructure remained unchanged, but intermetallic phases precipitated. The hardness values obtained were considerably high for the composition used and were attributed to the oxygen contamination, Ni4Ti3 precipitation and the presence of austenite.
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Nitinol, Metalurgia do pó, Sinterização, Powder metallurgy, Sintering