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Catherine Short
Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2016
as advertised. I used it for a nano technology class.
CLEMhoun
Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2015
Proven it's extremely springy. Tie it in a knot. Roll it into a ball. The "memory" works.My energy experimenting friends (LENR) say it passes current in an extremely interesting fashion...
Mike Smith
Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2014
This is not advertised as shape-memory nitinol, as every other reviewer has complained about. This is advertised as superelastic nitinol, hence the "spring-like" characteristic that everyone has commented on. It does exactly what it is supposed to do. It is great!
P. Baldwin
Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2014
Very thin and while probably useful for something, it is so small that my experiments didn't work very well. The delivery was good, the product was what the spec stated. The product was too thin and I couldn't find a larger gauge. There's room in the market for a paper clip gauge and length of nitinol.
Bryan
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2013
I expected this to be some cool bendable wire that will turn back to its original shape when heated, however that was not the case. This is just a thin "spring like" wire that's really hard to bend. Was very disappointed when I discovered this...
mick
Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2013
I was looking for memory metal that would change shape when manipulated and then return to the original shape after adding heat. However I guess I must have misunderstood the product details as this was more like brace wire and did not work as I needed it to.
J. Pirkle
Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2011
You will be very disappointed if you think this is Flexinol muscle wire; it is not. This is Shape Memory Alloy Nitinol. You can twist, bend, pull, tie it in a knot without kinking, and it will always flex back straight. It is very cool stuff. No problem with it breaking here. Be careful working with it because it is very springy and knock your eye out or cut you with great force using .043 size.
Gentle Miant
Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2010
I've done very limited experiments with this, but it HAS proven to be extremely elastic (springy). Have not tried to use the "memory" property.Satisfied in all respects.
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