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The presented results on Ru-Nb shape memory alloys, show a good reversibility of the martensitic transformation, offering a challenge for the development of sensors and actuators at very high temperature, where no other materials are able to work.

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The studied shape memory alloys of Ru-Nb, open a new way for developing sensors and actuators at very high temperature, as for instance in the hot areas of the engines used in aeronautic and aerospace industries.

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This page is a summary of: Internal friction and dynamic modulus in Ru-50Nb ultra-high temperature shape memory alloys, Applied Physics Letters, October 2012, American Institute of Physics,
DOI: 10.1063/1.4761475.
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