The technology of TiNi shape memory alloy smelting ultra-pure
One, technical field
The invention belongs to the material field of metallurgy, the method for the smelting ultra-pure of design TiNi shape memory alloy.Specifically be applicable to the processing method of TiNi shape memory alloy precise control composition.
Two, background technology
The shape memory effect of TiNi memorial alloy realizes by martensitic transformation.Therefore, the martensitic transformation temperature of control alloy is the key of producing this alloy.In the TiNi memorial alloy, be C, N, O to the most responsive element of martensite transformation temperature, and in this alloy, want strict these elements of control to be difficult to.
Ti in the TiNi alloy is the IVB family in the periodictable, is the element of strong metal, and is active especially, and with nonmetallic O, N, C have extremely strong chemical combination tendency, brought very big difficulty for production fine TiNi alloy.Therefore, domesticly failing to mass-produce fine TiNi shape memory alloy so far, abroad, also only is that limited producer can produce.
MgO, Al2O3 crucible high-temperature stability with routine are fine, but can't melt out the TiNi memorial alloy of low O.Because the bonding force of the bonding force of O and Ti and Mg and Al is close, during with the TiNi alloy of the high Ti of this crucible for smelting, crucible is reduced rapidly, forms a large amount of TiO slags.Therefore, people are forced to adopt the magnetic levitation melting of no crucible, or with the non-consumable method melting of water jacketed copper crucible.The TiNi shape memory alloy that can produce with this class methods melting, but this method complex process output is limited, and cost is high too, therefore, is difficult to large-scale production.
The solubleness of finding carbon in the TiNi alloy afterwards is lower, adopts plumbago crucible melting TiNi alloy, but the difficult control of carbon content, and carbon has extremely sensitivity to martensite transformation temperature.Its influence degree is as shown in the table:
Carbon content is delivered the influence of temperature (K) to martensite
C% |
Ms |
Mf |
As |
Af |
0.05 |
290 |
240 |
|
305 |
0.02 |
335 |
305 |
345 |
360 |
Know by table, when carbon content only changes 0.03%, parent phase is begun to be transformed into Martensite temperature (Ms), changed 45K; Parent phase is all changed into Martensite temperature (Mf), changed 65K; Martensite is all changed into the temperature (Af) of parent phase, changed 55K.With the TiNi memorial alloy of plumbago crucible melting, though aspect the control martensite transformation temperature, there is bigger shortcoming, for producing the condition of having created in enormous quantities.Therefore, the technology of the TiNi memorial alloy of producing in batches at present mainly is still in vacuum induction furnace and carries out with plumbago crucible.The martensite transformation temperature of the TiNi memorial alloy of Sheng Chaning is uncertain thus, need measure every stove, therefrom selects satisfactory alloy to use.What is called is: producing is what, and what is calculated.Our target is, what, and what produced, but also want low production cost.
This shows, controlled foreign matter content in the alloy well, also just solved a difficult problem that obtains accurate transformation temperature, abroad also at the China ink of starting writing greatly for this reason, but the control of composition is also unsatisfactory, and our focus is to control foreign matter content, obtain transformation temperature preferably, improve yield rate.
Therefore, select the better CaO crucible of a kind of stability, the high titanium TiNi of melting alloy in vacuum induction furnace.Ti can reduction mould under this condition, thereby can guarantee that oxygen level is lower in the TiNi alloy, and low production cost.Following table is the control degree of CaO crucible to oxygen level:
Gas and foreign matter content in the TiNi alloy of crucible for smelting
Crucible |
MgO |
Graphite |
Extraordinary CaO crucible |
Oxygen level ppm |
1000 |
1000 |
∠500 |
Nitrogen content ppm |
800 |
700 |
∠30 |
C content ppm |
400 |
700 |
0 |
Oxygen level in the TiNi alloy is extremely important, is not only the martensitic transition temperature of oxygen influence itself, and, can form titanium oxide, change principal constituent, also influence martensitic transition temperature.Oxygen level is to the prior influence of TiNi alloy, more be influence, when the oxygen level in the alloy is higher, will form Ti4Ni2O hot workability, and with TiNi form mutually 900 the degree about low melting point eutectic, this will have a strong impact on the hot workability of TiNi alloy.
In sum, can effective control of impurity element and gas content, alloying constituent arrive the state of use to the TiNi alloy, promptly obtains the use properties of martensitic transition temperature and alloy, is vital.Therefore, adjust the composition of alloying element, reduce foreign matter content, reduce the gas content in the alloy, can improve metallurgical quality be the key point that obtain the high-performance memorial alloy.
But the applicant finds, though only by adopting the CaO crucible can partly reduce the content of oxygen in the TiNi alloy, but effect is still desirable, though self introduce oxygen to reaction system because the CaO crucible can reduce, but because the utmost point activity of Ti in the alloy, and the non-reversibility of oxygen and Ti reacting generating compound, can't stop Ti reaction owing to self reason and oxygen in reaction process, as inevitably being present in the impurity oxygen in the crucible, the decomposition of aqueous vapor etc.The report that has some to adopt the CaO crucible to carry out the memorial alloy melting in the prior art, but the applicant finds, disclosed technological process is too general, ambiguous in the prior art, in actual fusion process, only still be difficult to obtain high performance memorial alloy according to described step, its reason is: because the intensity of TiNi alloy reaction, in smelting process for the TiNi memorial alloy, not only be the selection of crucible, equally very important for the control of smelting technology process.Though the technique scheme that prior art adopts adopts CAO crucible intelligent control part gas content, does not take into full account the special process of Ni, Ti reaction itself, thereby can not effectively control the oxidation owing to the overheated TI that produces; The present invention is thus in order to overcome above-mentioned defective, through a large amount of test, analysis, summaries, technological process, processing step, processing condition etc. are done corresponding improvement, made fusion process overcome the deficiency of above-mentioned document, better obtained high performance TiNi memorial alloy.The present invention has adopted discontinuity control in smelting process, utilizes heat balance principle to avoid overheated; The applicant is directed in smelting process and controls Heating temperature by the adjustment to output power, realizes gradient control, and it is overheated to prevent, realizes thermal equilibrium.
Three, summary of the invention
The purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of can smelting ultra-pure TiNi shape memory alloy processing method, the memorial alloy that uses this method to smelt can be controlled the composition of principal element exactly, guarantees gas content O<500PPM simultaneously, N<30PPM, C content almost is 0, has also controlled foreign matter content.
For achieving the above object, the technical scheme that is adopted is:
1, selects the crucible CaO crucible of high-temperature stability, it can not be reduced by the Ti of high reductibility in smelting process, form the oxide compound of Ti and influence components in proportions, simultaneously, owing to the ratio of Ni and Ti accurately obtains design mix exactly, obtain stablizing the TiNi shape memory alloy of transformation temperature.
2, the melting technology under employing segmentation control, vacuum melting, the protection of inert gas can guarantee that the impurity that the external world brings is not introduced into, also because melting and cast under the protection of rare gas element prevents that splash is to guarantee that composition is accurate.
3, make full use of alloying and heat release and carry out the next stage reaction, make full use of the characteristic of alloying heat release, rationally carry out melting control, prevented the oxidation of thermogenesis Ti.
Concrete technical scheme of the present invention is as follows:
1. the smelting process of a TiNi shape memory alloy is used CaO crucible for smelting TiNi shape memory alloy, and its technological process comprises:
1) alloy raw material is got starting material according to the component proportions of the TiNi shape memory alloy that designs, Ti, Ni and optional supplementary component Cr or V;
2) starting material charging: Ni, part Ti (50%-70%) and optional supplementary component Cr or V are packed in the CaO crucible simultaneously, standby in the remaining Ti drain hopper;
3) melting: be evacuated to 0.13-2Pa, after Ni and Ti react, feed rare gas element and protect to 0.08-0.10MPa, smelting temperature is higher than fusing point 50-100 ℃;
4) alloy melting: after reaction is carried out, stop heating earlier, rely on the combination reaction heat release of NITI alloy to carry out late phase reaction, the back according to temperature of reaction, is sent electrically heated along with reaction is carried out, and regulates the heating unit heating power gradually, evenly stirs;
5) after the fusing fully of once feeding in raw material, carry out secondary charging: vacuumize, residue Ti standby in the hopper is dosed in the crucible, towards rare gas element;
6) secondary send electrically heated, regulates the heating unit heating power, stirs;
7) refining and modifying, at 1300-1400 ℃ of refining 3-5 minute, scull;
8) alloy liquid casting: heating ingot film to 400 ℃, under protection of inert gas, pour into a mould in being higher than alloy melting point 100 degree (about 1400 ℃), TiNi memorial alloy ingot.
2. the wherein preferred rare gas element that adopts is an argon gas.
3. the wherein preferred once content of the reinforced part Ti that adds is 50-70%, and it is 50-30% that secondary charging adds residue Ti.
4. wherein preferred: in the step 4) alloy melting process, because the combination reaction of TiNi is thermopositive reaction, therefore adopt the mode of the heating of successively decreasing, promptly alloy melting send the adding power adjustment procedure of electricity to be regulated down to 0kw for being regulated gradually by 30kw, to keep the stable of plant process.
5. the step 5) secondary send the electrically heated process, owing to newly added remaining Ti, corresponding employing increases progressively the mode of heating, heightens the heating unit heating power gradually, is adjusted to 20KW gradually by 0, to keep the stable of plant process.
6. resulting TiNi shape memory alloy major ingredient is Ni and Ti, and the composition scope is Ni 50%-51%at, Ti49-50% and based on the total atom number of Ni and Ti, and Cr is that 0~0.3at% or V are the supplementary component of 0~0.5%at.
7. gas content O<500PPM, N<30PPM in the resulting TiNi shape memory alloy.
Four. description of drawings
Ni wt%-Mf, Ni wt%-Ms, Ni wt%-Af, Ni wt%-As graph of a relation in the accompanying drawing 1 TiNi alloy.
By accompanying drawing 1, can find out that the variation of Ni 1%at can cause Af 10-20 ℃ variation; As seen the ratio of Ni, Ti content for alloy A f impact greatly, therefore accurately control the ratio of TiNi alloy by process of the present invention, just can be in manufacture process clock like precision Af and Ni-Ti content are connected, have great meaning for production.
The present invention has following advantage:
1, the design mix of TiNi shape memory alloy material can accurately be controlled with design martensite transformation temperature Af. Because the control of impurity content and gas content, so that the accurate composition control of material, and what affect martensite transformation temperature is the ratio of Ni and Ti, and therefore, it is accurate that composition just means that accurately Af is ordered.
2, good processability, the control of gas content, limited Ti and O change and, do not form Ti4Ni2O, can not with TiNi form mutually 900 the degree about low melting point eutectic. Make the processing characteristics of memorial alloy become very excellent.
3, the O content that keeps in the alloy just in time is the solid solution capacity of TiNi marmem, and the composition of alloy is impact not.
4, by the improvement to technical process, rationally utilized the characteristic of Ni, Ti exothermic heat of reaction, not only effectively prevent the oxidation of the overheated Ti that causes of course of reaction, and saved the needs that add the routine techniques such as strong deoxidier in the system, thereby reduced the cost of introducing the probability of other impurity and having reduced preparation TiNi alloy in the alloy.
Involved in the present invention is the smelting ultra-pure technique of TiNi marmem, and the TiNi marmem that this smelting process is smelted is applicable to various products for hyperelastic function, intelligent element, bio-medical material etc.
Five. embodiment
Embodiment 1:
Adopt the processing method of smelting ultra-pure TiNi shape memory alloy to obtain TiNi shape memory alloy ingot use CaO crucible, preparation TiNi shape memory alloy ingot, concrete technology:
1, starting material charging is got starting material according to the component proportions Ti49.15Ni50.85 atomic ratio of design, No. 0 Ti and No. 1 Ni, and the order of charging is that Ni and 40%Ti pack in the crucible simultaneously, and is standby in the Ti drain hopper of residue 60%.
2, be evacuated to 0.13Pa, towards argon gas to 0.08MPa.
3, alloy melting send electric 30kw-20kw-0kw, and the heating of successively decreasing keeps system reaction heat balance, evenly stirs.
4, vacuumize, 60%Ti standby in the hopper is dosed in the crucible, towards argon gas.
5, send electrically heated, heating power is increased progressively by 0-20KW, keep system reaction heat balance, stir.
6, refining and modifying is at 1300-1400 degree refining 5 minutes, scull.
7, alloy liquid is poured into a mould, and heating ingot film to 400 degree in being higher than alloy melting point 100 degree cast, gets TiNi memorial alloy ingot.
Embodiment 2
Adopt the processing method of smelting ultra-pure TiNi shape memory alloy to obtain TiNiCr shape memory alloy ingot use CaO crucible, preparation TiNi shape memory alloy ingot, concrete technology:
1, starting material charging, get starting material (wherein the implication of Cr0.3 be based on the ratio of Ti+Ni=100%at be 0.3%at) according to component proportions (%) the Ti49.15Ni50.85Cr0.3 atomic ratio of design, No. 0 Ti and No. 1 Ni, the order of charging is that Ni and 40%Ti0.3%Cr pack in the crucible simultaneously, and is standby in the Ti drain hopper of residue 60%.
2, be evacuated to 0.13Pa, towards argon gas to 0.08MPa.
3, alloy melting send electric 30kw1-20kw-0kw, and the heating of successively decreasing keeps system reaction heat balance, evenly stirs.
4, vacuumize, 60%Ti standby in the hopper is dosed in the crucible, towards argon gas.
5, send electrically heated, 0-20KW increases progressively, and keeps system reaction heat balance, stirs.
6, refining and modifying is at 1300-1400 degree refining 5 minutes, scull.
7, alloy liquid is poured into a mould, and heating ingot film to 400 degree in being higher than alloy melting point 100 degree cast, gets TiNiCr memorial alloy ingot.
Embodiment 3
Adopt the processing method of smelting ultra-pure TiNi shape memory alloy to obtain TiNiV shape memory alloy ingot use CaO crucible, preparation TiNi shape memory alloy ingot, concrete technology:
1, starting material charging, get starting material (wherein the implication of V0.5 be based on the ratio of Ti+Ni=100%at be 0.5%at) according to component proportions (%) the Ti49.15Ni50.85V0.5 atomic ratio of design, No. 0 Ti and No. 1 Ni, the order of charging is that Ni and 40%Ti pack in the crucible simultaneously, and is standby in the Ti drain hopper of residue 60%.
2, be evacuated to 0.13Pa, towards argon gas to 0.08MPa.
3, alloy melting send electric 30kw-20kw-0kw, and the heating of successively decreasing is evenly stirred.
4, vacuumize, 60%Ti standby in the hopper is dosed in the crucible, towards argon gas.
5, send electrically heated, 0-20KW increases progressively, and stirs.
6, refining and modifying is at 1300-1400 degree refining 5 minutes, scull.
7, alloy liquid is poured into a mould, and heating ingot film to 400 degree in being higher than alloy melting point 100 degree cast, gets TiNiV memorial alloy ingot.