#memory metal

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Shape-memory alloys are certain mixture of metals that can revert to a certain shape usually once warmed. Most of them work by crystallizing to a stable formation at a really high temperature. When the alloy is cooled down, they can be bent in all sorts of ways, but when the alloy is warmed up, it would seek their stable form, which was determined at a much higher temperature. This makes the metal looks like it is reforming into a shape it “remembered”.

Sagitinol (Steel/Ghost): Despite having large, tall bodies, they can be very malleable and easily dent even though they can easily recover. They can contort themselves to fit through small cracks and reform into their previous shape once they are through.

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Memory Metal Alloy: Benefits & Uses Explained

Understanding Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs) Shape memory alloys (SMAs) are materials – typically nickel-titanium or copper-based – that exhibit a fascinating phenomenon: they can be deformed into one shape and, upon application of an external stimulus like heat, return to their original pre-deformed shape. Traditionally, this recovery process has relied on thermal cycling – repeatedly heating and…

Memory Metal Alloy: Benefits & Uses Explained

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All metal is memory metal, heating it up invokes it's ancient memory of being a liquid back before the planet cooled off.

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Fascinating metals that remembers their shape #DIY #CraftersU Ever got a dent in your car or other metallic surfaces? If they were made from this stuff, you could fix the dent with a simple hair blower!

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Nitinol (nickel titanium—NiTi) is also known as Memory Metal. When Nitinol is heated up it will revert back to the shape in which it was originally forged.

Via Science Dump.

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Memory Metal is a substance which can 'remember' pre-determined shape based on it's temperature. When it's cold it's malleable, when hot it's rigid. This nickel-titanium alloy is used in satellites to unfurl solar panels since it's more reliable than heavy cogs & gears. In this image you can see a coil of memory metal being placed into a beaker of boiling water. Watch the full video here: http://youtu.be/w12KvC4chBU

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Glasses Frames: Memory Metal for Infinite Comfort

Referring to glasses frames, styles and materials will both come to your mind. Besides various changeable glasses frame styles, materials should be considered in selecting proper prescription glasses. Glasses frame materials come in plastic, mix and match, metal, and memory metal. You may wonder whether “memory metal” is a kind of metal with memories. Yes, memory metal is a kind of shape memory ally which was discovered in 70s last century.

Memory metal, appearing in the materials science of the world last century, has lots of excellent processing characteristics with non-toxic side effects. Well, memory metal prescription glasses frames have many advantages as other material glasses frames couldn’t have, for example, flexible, sturdy, and lightweight. For those who wear prescription glasses every day, memory metal prescription glasses frames would be a proper choice. Memory metal can give you infinite comfort.

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Can metal have a memory? | Explore Your Universe

Ross Exton explores the weird properties of Memory Metal.

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