Production of Shape Memory Alloys with Combustion Synthesis

Abstract

Shape memory alloys (SMAs) have become an important class of materials following the discovery of the shape memory effect (SME) in nitinol in 1963. The important properties of these alloys have paved the way for their use in various applications. Combustion synthesis has become an important production method because of its advantages. The production of SMAs by combustion synthesis is a subject that has been studied in recent years. The use of porous nitinol produced by this method in artificial bone implants has become a particularly remarkable issue in this area. In this section, information about SMAs and combustion synthesis will be shared, and then information about the studies conducted on the production of SMAs by combustion synthesis will be shared.

Keywords: Combustion synthesis, Metallothermic reactions, NiTi, Nitinol, Porous nitinol, Self-propagating high temperature synthesis, Shape memory alloys, Shape memory effect, SHS, Superelastic behaviour, Superelasticity.