By means of synchrotron X-ray diffraction method the stress-induced martens
ite transformation in TiNi (with two different phase compositions) at room
temperature was investigated in situ. Tt has been shown that in alloys with
temperature-induced martensite in the initial state a non-periodic fluctua
tion of intensity of the X-ray reflexes appear due to anomalous transformat
ion B2 + B19'(r) --> B2 --> B19(sr). (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rig
hts reserved.