Recyclable materials are highly valued due to their many perks. Apart from facilitating a cleaner environment, metal recycling also provides industries with cheap and good-quality materials. Nickel-titanium is one such recyclable material that is in high demand. Nickel Titanium is an alloy that comprises nickel and titanium. 

Nickel-titanium is also called Nitinol. It possesses equal atomic percentages of both elements. Manufacturing nickel-titanium is a tedious process due to the high reactivity of titanium. However, this alloy has multiple applications due to its features. Check them out in this blog.

4 Features of Nickel Titanium

Recovery:

Nitinol exhibits a shape memory effect. This means that nickel-titanium alloy can undergo deformation at a certain temperature, stay in its deformed shape after the removal of the external force, then recover its original shape upon heating above its transformation temperature. This characteristic makes nickel-titanium a useful material in the mechanical industry.

Superelastic effect:
Thanks to its superelastic effect, Nitinol can be used as a super spring. Due to its shape memory, the nickel-titanium alloy can undergo stress-induced transformations. It forms an integral part of machine manufacturing and prototype production.

Corrosion-resistant:
The alloy of nickel and titanium possesses non-contaminating and corrosion-resistant properties. These features make nickel-titanium a highly valuable material in the field of medicine. Top-grade surgical tools and equipment are made with nitinol to avoid the risk of infection during surgical or medical processes.

Conductivity:
Nitinol wires are used to produce mechanical energy from both hot and cold heat resources. Thanks to its property, Nitinol can also be used as a temperature control system. It can change shape to activate a switch or a variable resistor to control the temperature.

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