Determining orientation relationships for the B2 → B19' transformation in single crystal titanium nickelide according to the texture of B19' martensite

A precision method for determining orientation relationships upon the B2 → B19' transformation in titanium nickelide has been developed. The method is based on analyzing the martensite texture formed in the initial high-temperature B2 phase of a single crystal having a high degree of perfection. The orientation relationships between the B19' lattice and the initial B2 lattice of the TiNi single crystal were established from the B19' martensite texture formed in single crystals of titanium nickelide upon the B2 → B19' transformation and from measurements of the lattice parameters. Crystal mechanism of B19' martensite was proposed which included the shear in the (21 - 1) B2 plane in the direction [-11-1] B2 by 10°. Such a shear system is typical of the bcc crystals at deformation by twinning. Absolute shear values are in a ratio of1:4 for B2 → B19' transformation and for twinning, respectively. Martensite deformation at an invariant lattice is accompanied by small rotations of martensite crystals (±1.6°), that increases the quantity of martensite orientations from 12 to 24. © Allerton Press, Inc., 2010.