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Effect of Equiatomic Ti/Zr Substitution on the Shape Memory Effect of Biomedical Ti-Zr-Mn-Mo Alloys

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In order to develop biomedical shape memory alloys with high biocompatibility, novel (Ti-xZr)-2Mn-2Mo (TZMM) alloys were designed, and their microstructure, shape memory effect and martensitic transformation behavior were investigated. In this study, Ti/Zr atomic ratio of the TZMM alloys was varied between 1, 2 and 5. The experimental results revealed that the TZMM alloys were all composed of single β phase before plastic deformation. A certain amount of stress-induced α″ phase appeared after 2% strain loading. Primary β twin-bands and secondary stress-induced martensite (SIM) α″ twins were activated simultaneously in the β matrix of the TZMM alloys. (TZ)5:1MM alloy with a favorable {001}β<110>β recrystallization texture showed relatively optimal shape memory effect within the TZMM alloys, with a recoverable strain of 2.9%. The increase of Zr content in the alloy increased the β phase stability of metastable TZMM alloys, thereby requiring for higher stress to induce the martensitic transformation and ultimately impairing the shape memory effect of the alloys.

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This work was supported by National Key R&D Program of China (2017YFB0304700, 2017YFB0304704), the science and technology planning project of Guangdong province (No. 2017B090903005) and the Education Department of Guangdong Province No. 2020ZDZX2024. XJW acknowledges the financial support from **an University (No. 21620110).

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HL performed investigation, data curation, writing—original draft preparation. JL did validation and investigation. WL and XZ contributed to validation and data curation. WL was involved in validation and supervision. XW was involved in writing—review & editing, funding acquisition, conceptualization, and supervision.

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Liu, H., Li, J., Lai, W. et al. Effect of Equiatomic Ti/Zr Substitution on the Shape Memory Effect of Biomedical Ti-Zr-Mn-Mo Alloys. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 31, 8721–8730 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-022-06963-6

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