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TMJONES>From: tmjones@eos.ncsu.edu (Over Yonder)
TMJONES> what is  nitinol wire

An excerpt from the FAQ that is posted here once in a while:

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 ===Shape memory materials:

 Nickel-titanium alloys were first discovered by the Naval Ordinance
 Laboratory decades ago and the material was termed NiTinOL. These
 materials have the intriguing property that they provide actuation
 through cycling of current through the materials. It undergoes a
 'phase change' exhibited as force and motion in the wire.
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Anthony
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