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US 2001/0023723 A1Published application
Shape memory alloy
AssigneeNational Research Institute for Metals
InventorsTakehiko Kikuchi, Setsuo Kajiwara, Daozhi Liu, Kazuyuki Ogawa, Norio Shinya
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Abstract
A novel shape memory alloy of Fe—Mn—Si system containing at least Fe, Mn, and Si wherein the alloy contains niobium carbide in the structure and is improved in that a sufficiently satisfactory shape memory effect is provided without carrying out a special treatment termed training.
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A shape memory alloy of Fe—Mn—Si system containing at least Fe, Mn, and Si as principal constituents wherein niobium carbide is contained in structure.
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