Superelastic property induced by low-temperature heating of a shape memory Ti–24Nb–0.5Si biomedical alloy

In this study, we have explored a new way to obtain a superelastic titanium-based alloy. Contrary to the classical method, which consists of obtaining the β microstructure directly by water quenching from the high-temperature β-phase domain, this way consists of obtaining first a shape memory alloy displaying a fully α″ martensitic microstructure and then producing superelastic behavior by applying low-temperature heating.