What exactly is “mysterious” about nitinol?
What exactly is “mysterious” about nitinol?
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Here’s the mysterious stuff that only aliens can make:
Nickel titanium, also known as Nitinol, is a metal alloy of nickel and titanium, where the two elements are present in roughly equal atomic percentages. Different alloys are named according to the weight percentage of nickel, e.g. Nitinol 55 and Nitinol 60. It exhibits the shape memory effect and superelasticity at different temperatures.
Discovered during research at the Naval Ordnance Laboratory in 1959. The Navy was in on it obviously ...
Nothing. Nitinol is a metal alloy of nickel and titanium with unique properties, including superelasticity or pseudoelasticity and “shape memory” properties. That means nitinol can remember its original shape and return to it when heated. It also shows great elasticity under stress.Feb 18, 2016
Nitinol tubing is commonly used in catheters, stents, and superelastic needles. In colorectal surgery, the material is used in devices for reconnecting the intestine after removing the pathology.
Nothing here, as usual.
Nitinol has been around for a loooooong time. Remember reading about in the early 80s.