Nitinol
See also: nitinol
English edit
Etymology edit
Compound of the chemical symbols Ni (“nickel”) and Ti (“titanium”) + NOL (“Naval Ordnance Laboratory”). [1]
Noun edit
Nitinol (countable and uncountable, plural Nitinols)
- An alloy of nickel and titanium that has the ability to return to a predetermined shape when heated.
References edit
- ^ “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