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Cast-Replicated NiTiCu Foams with Superelastic Properties

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Ni40Ti50Cu10 foams were replication cast into a porous SrF2 preform. This space holder is chemically stable in contact with liquid and solid Ni40Ti50Cu10, but can be removed by dissolution in nitric acid. A Ni40Ti50Cu10 foam with 60 pct porosity exhibits low stiffness (1 to 13 GPa) and large recoverable strains (~4 pct) during cyclical compression testing at 311 K (38 °C), within the superelastic range based on calorimetry results. This is the first time that replication casting is used to create an open foam of a NiTi-based shape-memory alloy, due to difficulties associated with the high reactivity and strong contamination tendency of the melt. Casting NiTi-based shape-memory alloy foams enable the economical production of porous actuators, energy absorbers, and biomedical implants with complex shapes.

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The authors acknowledge funding by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) through Subproject C7 of the Collaborative Research Center SFB 459 (with additional funding from the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and Ruhr-Universität Bochum). MLY also acknowledges support by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

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  1. Institut für Werkstoffe, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801, Bochum, Germany

    Marcus L. Young (Alexander von Humboldt Fellow) & Jan Frenzel (Head of the Research Group “Materials Processing and High Temperature Strength”)

  2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA

    John D. DeFouw (Postdoctoral Researcher) & David C. Dunand (James N. and Margie M. Krebs Professor)

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Young, M.L., DeFouw, J.D., Frenzel, J. et al. Cast-Replicated NiTiCu Foams with Superelastic Properties. Metall Mater Trans A 43, 2939–2944 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-011-1060-x

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