“Magic“ Memory Metal - Nickel Titanium or ’Nitinol’ Wire

Visit the site for information on purchasing your own Nitinol wire! (listed as ’hot wire’) ------------------------------ Nitinol is a metal alloy, sometimes known as ’memory metal’ but more properly as Shape Memory Alloy (SMA). The memory effect in metals was discovered in the 1930s, but Nitinol itself was only discovered in 1962. Made from Nickel and Titanium, it was discovered at the Naval Ordnance Laboratory in White Oak, Maryland. The variations in physical properties a