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Nitinol
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nitinol
English
Etymology
Compound of the chemical symbols mul Ni nickel and mul Ti titanium + en NOL Naval Ordnance Laboratory. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,838687,00.html Time, 13 September 1968, The Alloy That Remembers 19 November 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20130117234315/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,838687,00.html 17 January 2013
Noun
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An alloy of nickel and titanium that has the ability to return to a predetermined shape when heated.
References
en Alloys Nickel Titanium