College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
4C45.15 - Nitinol Wire
Twist the wires into any desired shape. Place them in hot water and they will revert back to their original shape.
- Jane A. Slezak and Ronald W. Veresko, "Undergraduate Investigation of Nitinol", TPT, Vol. 30, # 1, p. 42, Jan. 1992.
- Sarah L. Keller, "Sequential Folding of a Rigid Wire Into Three-Dimensional Structures", AJP, Vol. 72, # 5, May 2004, p. 599.
- "How Can Metals Be Made To Remember Shapes?", Readers Digest's "How in the World", p. 254.
- George B. Kauffman and Isaac Mayo, "Memory Metal", Chem Matters, p. 4, Oct 1993.
- Anthony T. Jacob, "Memory Metal", Institute for Chemical Education, 1991, p. 1.
- "Shape Memory Metal: A More Detailed Explanation", Educational Innovations, Inc., Volume 6.0, 1997 Catalog, p. 26.
- Readers Digest, "Metals with Memories", p. 170.
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