nitinol

American  

[nit-n-awl, -ol] / ˈnɪt nˌɔl, -ˌɒl /

noun

1. a paramagnetic alloy of nickel and titanium that, after heating and deformation, resumes its original shape when reheated.

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Etymology

Origin of nitinol

1965–70; ni(ckel) + ti(tanium) + N(aval) O(rdnance) L(aboratory) , Silver Spring, Maryland, where the alloy was developed

Example Sentences

One promising material is nitinol, an alloy of nickel and titanium.

From BBC

There is room for just one small bottle in the world's first refrigerator that is cooled with artificial muscles made of nitinol, a nickel-titanium alloy.

From Science Daily

To transport heat, the researchers use the special 'superpower' of the artificial muscles made of nitinol: shape memory.

From Science Daily

The reason for this lies deep inside the nitinol, which has two crystal lattices -- two phases that can transform into each other.

From Science Daily

Unlike water, whose phases are solid, liquid and gaseous, the two phases of nitinol are both solid.

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