Best Nitinol Wire
Other uses include robotics, heat engines, science projects, practical jokes, artery stents for a bypass surgery, the only limitation is your creativity.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"There's enough for several projects, just be forewarned that you need a good way to hold it in place while heating it to red hot and then quenching it."
"I used a large surface area bunsen burner you have to get the wire to glow red and when you get it up to that sorts of temperature be prepared it will fight you a little bit sou make sure you have it secured well."
"experimented and confused adults."
"Product seemed to be as advertised."
"Does not really return completely to shape."
"seems to do what I had hoped to achieve in my body part sculptures."
"I did the annealing in a Bunsen burner, heating until seeing a red glow, then bending to the desired shape then quenching in cool water."
Nitinol #1 provides corrosion resistance and has a super-elastic temper, which is spring like and ensures that the wire returns to its original shape after bending. The oxide finish provides mild corrosion resistance.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Fine for what they are at a great price for small quantity."
"I must say, it was pretty cool to receive Nitinol considering how incomprehensibly proficient this metal alloy is. I'm pretty sure nitinol is used to make those flexible eye-glass frames that we've all seen on commercials throughout the years."
"The best use I have found for it so far is as antennas on scale models."
"As others have stated, this is the super elastic form of nitinol, not the memory metal type, still fun to play with."
"This is done by firmly constraining the material into its new shape in a fixture or on a mandrel and then performing a heat treatment. The heating method can be an air or vacuum furnace, salt bath, sand bath, heated die, or other heating method. The heat treatment time should be such that the material reaches the desired temperature throughout its cross-section. Aging and shape setting can be done simultaneously by firmly constraining the material to its new shape in a fixture and heating to around 475ºC for up to an hour. As with shape setting, aging times must be determined experimentally, because they depend on the processing history of the material, the heating method, and the temperature."
"One is a heat-activated nitinol wire (which is what was required for the project) and the other is a super elastic nitinol wire, which is what this product is."
"I bought this for a small project I intended to make at home and found that 1, it was impossible to bend, 2, it didnt take shape as it was supposed to, and 3, it broke (yes, BROKE) when I tried to pull it straight again."
"You will NOT be able to use a temperature set to shape this wire, bend it beyond its yield point through plastic deformations, and re-heat to re-obtain its original shape."
Nitinol #1 provides corrosion resistance and has a super-elastic temper, which is spring like and ensures that the wire returns to its original shape after bending. The oxide finish provides mild corrosion resistance.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Fine for what they are at a great price for small quantity."
"I must say, it was pretty cool to receive Nitinol considering how incomprehensibly proficient this metal alloy is. I'm pretty sure nitinol is used to make those flexible eye-glass frames that we've all seen on commercials throughout the years."
"The best use I have found for it so far is as antennas on scale models."
"As others have stated, this is the super elastic form of nitinol, not the memory metal type, still fun to play with."
"This is done by firmly constraining the material into its new shape in a fixture or on a mandrel and then performing a heat treatment. The heating method can be an air or vacuum furnace, salt bath, sand bath, heated die, or other heating method. The heat treatment time should be such that the material reaches the desired temperature throughout its cross-section. Aging and shape setting can be done simultaneously by firmly constraining the material to its new shape in a fixture and heating to around 475ºC for up to an hour. As with shape setting, aging times must be determined experimentally, because they depend on the processing history of the material, the heating method, and the temperature."
"One is a heat-activated nitinol wire (which is what was required for the project) and the other is a super elastic nitinol wire, which is what this product is."
"I bought this for a small project I intended to make at home and found that 1, it was impossible to bend, 2, it didnt take shape as it was supposed to, and 3, it broke (yes, BROKE) when I tried to pull it straight again."
"You will NOT be able to use a temperature set to shape this wire, bend it beyond its yield point through plastic deformations, and re-heat to re-obtain its original shape."
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