Nonequilibrium structural condition in the medical TiNi-based alloy surface layer treated by electron beam

Abstract

The research is devoted to study the structural condition and their evolution from the surface to the depth of TiNi specimens treated by low-energy high-current electron beams with surface melting at a beam energy density E = 10 J/cm2, number of pulses N = 10, and pulse duration [tau] = 50 Ps. Determined thickness of the remelted layer, found that it has a layered structure in which each layer differs in phase composition and structural phase state. Refinement B2 phase lattice parameters in local areas showed the presence of strong inhomogeneous lattice strain.