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Live Wire

Fun and educational! You can bend it while cold, then heat it in hot water, and it will straighten quite forcefully. You can modify the remembered shape by annealing the wire. For more information Click Here.








Live Wire - $7.00

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Nitinol Memory Wire Samples

This nitinol metal changes phase around 50oC. Bend it, then drop it into hot water and watch it return to its original shape! Can be set into different shapes by heating with a candle flame. Diameter: 0.75mm(approximately .03")

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Nitinol Wire is priced per foot


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Nitinol Memory Wire Samples

These 3" samples of memory wire can be wound around a pencil to form a coil. When immersed in hot water, the wire returns to its original shape. The wires can be "set" into other shapes, using a candle flame. These wires have a smaller diameter than our memory wire by the foot.

For more information on Nitinol material click here or Download this PDF file


Nitinol Wire Samples are priced per 3" piece


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