by xotmetals | Nov 22, 2021 | Nickel titanium, Nitinol
Nitinol Sheet Description Nitinol, well known as shape memory alloy, demonstrates a unique ability to recover its initial shape after deformation through a reversible thermo-elastic phase transformation, it allows Shape Memory Alloys to recover large strains, either...
by xotmetals | Nov 14, 2021 | Nbti, Niobium Alloy, Niobium Titanium Alloy
About Niobium-Titanium Alloy Niobium Titanium is a superconducting alloy typically used in superconducting magnets and wires in particle colliders, aerospace components, and other applications. NbTi is available in standard and custom compositions and forms such as...
by xotmetals | Nov 6, 2021 | Tantalum, Tantalum alloy
Tantalum – History And Uses Tantalum (Ta) is the 73rd element on the periodic chart. Formerly known as tantalium, the name is derived from Tantalus, a mythological Greek figure, known for his eternal punishment in which he stood in a pool of water, always...
by xotmetals | Nov 2, 2021 | Nbti, Niobium, Niobium Alloy
Niobium – History Niobium (Nb), previously known as columbium, is a chemical element with the atomic number 41. It’s primarily a malleable, grey, supple transition metal. Niobium’s main commercial source is from the pyrochlore mineral. The origin of the name is...
by xotmetals | Nov 1, 2021 | Tantalum, Tantalum alloy
Tantalum is a sensible choice whenever high corrosion resistance is required. Even though tantalum is not one of the noble metals, it is comparable to them in terms of chemical resistance. In addition, tantalum is very easy to work at well below room temperature...
by xotmetals | Oct 13, 2021 | Nickel titanium, Nitinol
Nitinol alloys (nickel~titanium alloys) exhibit a combination of properties which make them particularly suitable for the manufacture of self-expanding stents. Nitinol alloys are rapidly becoming the materials of choice for use in self-expanding stents, graft support...
by xotmetals | Oct 10, 2021 | Nickel titanium, Nitinol
Nitinol Wire Description Nitinol wire are the fabricating product of nickel-titanium alloy. Nitinol is well known for its thermo-mechanical properties of superelasticity and shape memory effect. Shape memory refers to the ability of Nitinol to undergo deformation at...
by xotmetals | Sep 26, 2021 | Tantalum, Tantalum alloy
As a kind of biomedical material, the metal material is widely used in clinical medicine because of its high suitability for mechanical properties and fatigue resistance and is suitable for the implantation of bearing parts. However, the development of metal materials...
by xotmetals | Aug 20, 2021 | Nickel titanium, Nitinol
Nitinol Stents – Nitinol used in Vascular Surgery The shape-memory alloy, nitinol, discovered only 37 years ago, has brought about many new surgical possibilities, and is gradually being incorporated into products available in the market place. Vascular surgery...
by xotmetals | Aug 15, 2021 | Nickel titanium, Nitinol
A group of metals referred to as shape-memory alloys (SMA) have remarkable properties of thermal shape-memory, superelasticity and force hysteresis.The Alloy nitinol, in particular, has a broad and continually expanding array of applications, including various...
