Product Description
Super Elastic Nickel Titanium Shape Memory Alloy Wire
Nickel Titanium, also known as Nitinol or NiTi, is part of a distinctive group of materials called shape memory alloys.
The exceptional properties of Nitinol are primarily due to its thermoelastic martensitic phase transition. Typically, Nitinol alloys consist of 55%-56% Nickel and 44%-45% Titanium, with even minor variations in their composition having a profound effect on the material's performance.
There are two primary categories of Nitinol.
The first, known as "SuperElastic", is characterized by extraordinary recoverable strains and kink resistance.
The second category, "Shape Memory" alloys, is valued for the Nitinol's capacity to recover a pre-set shape when heated above its transformation temprature. The first category is often used for orthodontics (braces, wires, etc) and eyeglasses. SZNK makes shape memory alloys, which are primarily useful for actuators, used in many different mechanical devices.
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