On the stability of the martenaite in β-CU-ZN alloys.

Abstract

The CuZn alloys are representative of the so called "electron compounds". In these alloys the stability of the different equilibrium phases is controlled mainly by the electron concentration e/a (1). No such correlation has however been found between e/a and the temperature Ms at which the ordered body centered cubic β CuZn transforms martensitically to a new phase on cooling