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)

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

References edit

  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