How to pronounce“nitinol”in English

Which became known as nitinol, for its components nickel and titanium, and for the Naval Ordinance laboratory where it was discovered.

So why did nitinol change shape?

In heated nitinol the atoms are arranged in a cubic lattice arrangement, and this phase is known as austenite.

- And that's why nitinol is considered a shape memory alloy.

- At the bend the nitinol is transforming from austenite to martensite and back.

NASA's nitinol tires are designed to last the entire lifetime of a rover mission, even on a rough terrain of Mars.

This is the property of nitinol that most people are aware of, and one that makes it useful for a lot of applications.