Nitinol is a nickeltitanium alloy known as memory metal. The name nitinol is derived from the symbols

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Nitinol is a nickel–titanium alloy known as memory metal. The name nitinol is derived from the symbols for nickel (Ni), titanium (Ti), and the acronym for the Naval Ordinance Laboratory (NOL), where it was discovered. If an object made out of nitinol is heated to about 500 °C for about an hour and then allowed to cool, the original shape of the object is “remembered,” even if the object is deformed into a different shape. The original shape can be restored by heating the metal. Because of this property, nitinol has found many uses, especially in medicine and orthodontics (for braces). Nitinol exists in a number of different solid phases. In the so-called austerite phase, the metal is relatively soft and elastic. The crystal structure for the austerite phase can be described as a simple cubic lattice of Ti atoms with Ni atoms occupying cubic holes in the lattice of Ti atoms. What is the empirical formula of nitinol and what is the percent by mass of titanium in the alloy?

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General Chemistry Principles And Modern Applications

ISBN: 9780132931281

11th Edition

Authors: Ralph Petrucci, Jeffry Madura, F. Herring, Carey Bissonnette

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