Nitinol

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English

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Etymology

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Compound of the chemical symbols Ni (“nickel”) and Ti (“titanium”) + NOL (“Naval Ordnance Laboratory”). [1]

Noun

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Nitinol (countable and uncountable, plural Nitinols)

  1. An alloy of nickel and titanium that has the ability to return to a predetermined shape when heated.

References

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  1. ^ “Time, 13 September 1968, The Alloy That Remembers”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1], 2009 November 19 (last accessed), archived from the original on 17 January 2013
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