Nitinol Memory Wire
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Nitinol (pronounced 'night-in-all') is an alloy metal, its name stands for Nickel (Ni), Titanium (Ti), and the Naval Ordnance Laboratory (NOL) where it was discovered.
- Transition temperature: very hot water or 75 °C (167 °F)
- Multiple lengths/pack sizes available
- Comes with a teachers guide
Bend it, then drop it into hot water and watch it return to its original shape! This crystalline metal changes phase around 75 °C. You can also retrain this wire by annealing it. First bend it into the desired shape, heat it to a dull red glow along the entire length, and then cool it by immersing it in water. After cooling, the wire can be deformed but will instantly return to its newly trained shape when dunked into hot water!
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Nitinol (pronounced 'night-in-all') is an alloy metal, its name stands for Nickel (Ni), Titanium (Ti), and the Naval Ordnance Laboratory (NOL) where it was discovered.
- Transition temperature: very hot water or 75 °C (167 °F)
- Multiple lengths/pack sizes available
- Comes with a teachers guide
Bend it, then drop it into hot water and watch it return to its original shape! This crystalline metal changes phase around 75 °C. You can also retrain this wire by annealing it. First bend it into the desired shape, heat it to a dull red glow along the entire length, and then cool it by immersing it in water. After cooling, the wire can be deformed but will instantly return to its newly trained shape when dunked into hot water!
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- 470355-410Nitinol memory wire, linear, 1'Supplier Number: 1001-01
- 470355-444Nitinol memory wire, linear, 1', pack of 30Nitinol memory wire, linear, 1', pack of 30Discontinued-Supplier Number: 1001-01-30
- 470355-446Nitinol memory wire, linear, 5'Nitinol memory wire, linear, 5'Discontinued-Supplier Number: -
- 470355-452Nitinol memory wire, linear, 10'Nitinol memory wire, linear, 10'Discontinued-Supplier Number: -
- 470355-420Nitinol memory wire, linear, 50'Nitinol memory wire, linear, 50'Discontinued-Supplier Number: -