Glossary
Shape Memory Alloys - Technology and Industrial Applications

Betatisation; betatization

Heat treatment used in copper-base alloys consisting of high-temperature heating in the beta phase, followed by quenching to preserve the metastable beta phase at room temperature.

Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)

Thermal analysis technique used to characterize phase transformations and determine transformation temperatures.

Packaging; training

Treatment consisting in cold forming a shape memory element, also known as education.

Martensite dismantling; martensite detwinning

Deformation mechanism involving the mobility of intervariant interfaces in a self-accommodating microstructure to promote the growth of the variant that is best oriented with respect to the applied stress. This...