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Material · material:nitinol

Nickel–titanium (NiTi)

Shape-memory alloy with a large elastocaloric effect.

Atlas record: 2 claims reference this material — 2 established.

Explorerelations · sources · cite

conditions: solid
2claims0enumerated routes0routes with complete-composition evidence0candidate routes not searched3cited sources

Relations

observed in · 2
Thermal shape-memory effect—observed in→Nickel–titanium (NiTi)established
Elastocaloric effect—observed in→Nickel–titanium (NiTi)established

Cited sources · 3

  1. [1]
    K. Otsuka (ed.), C. M. Wayman (ed.). Shape Memory Materials (1998)
    Cambridge University Press · book, no DOI · record
  2. [2]
    J. Tušek et al.. A regenerative elastocaloric heat pump (2016)
    Nature Energy 1, 16134 · doi:10.1038/nenergy.2016.134 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-19 · record
  3. [3]
    X. Moya, S. Kar-Narayan, N. D. Mathur. Caloric materials near ferroic phase transitions (2014)
    Nature Materials 13, 439–450 · doi:10.1038/nmat3951 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-19 · record

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