Nitinol “Live” Wire

Name: Nitinol “Live” Wire
Brand: Flinn Scientific
SKU: AP1937
Price: 2.31 USD
Availability: InStock

Item #: AP1937

Price: $2.31

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With the Nitinol Wire Demonstration, show how memory alloys function by placing the wire in cold water and hot water. Wire with a memory.

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Wire with a memory! Nitinol wire was discovered in 1961 and has “shape” memory. When placed in cold water it can be bent into any shape. Put into hot water, it springs back to its original shape. Shape memory alloys are discussed in the provided instructions. Price is per inch; may be purchased in any length requested.

Correlation to Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)^†

Science & Engineering Practices

Obtaining, evaluation, and communicating information
Planning and carrying out investigations

Disciplinary Core Ideas

MS-PS1.A: Structure and Properties of Matter
HS-PS1.A: Structure and Properties of Matter

Crosscutting Concepts

Cause and effect
Structure and function
Stability and change
Patterns

Performance Expectations

MS-PS1-3: Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society.
MS-PS1-4: Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.
HS-PS2-6: Communicate scientific and technical information about why the molecular-level structure is important in the functioning of designed materials.