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Shape-Memory Alloys

If one of these new alloys has been formed into a shape at a certain temperature and is then deformed at another temperature, it can "remember" the original shape. The effect has many applications

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 241 Issue 5This article was originally published with the title “Shape-Memory Alloys” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 241 No. 5 (), p. 74
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1179-74