by xotmetals | May 13, 2022 | Nickel Alloys, Nickel titanium, Nitinol
Shape memory alloys (SMAs) are materials that can be deformed at one temperature but when heated or cooled, return to their original shape, i.e. the alloy appears to have a memory. Strains of up to about 10% can be fully recovered. Alloys that exhibit this effect only...
by xotmetals | Feb 20, 2021 | Nickel Alloys, Nitinol, Titanium
Introduction Since the late 1980’s, the superelastic behavior of shape memory material and in particular, Ni-Ti alloys has been extensively exploited by the medical device industry. Superelastic NiTi has become a material of strategic importance as it allows to...
by xotmetals | Feb 15, 2021 | Nickel Alloys
Description of Hastelloy X Hastelloy X is a high temperature and corrosion resistant nickel-based solid solution strengthened alloy. This alloy has outstanding resistance to oxidation and possesses exceptional strength at elevated temperatures. Molybdenum enables this...
by xotmetals | Feb 15, 2018 | Nickel Alloys
Inconel718 is a precipitation hardenable nickel-based alloy designed to display exceptionally high yield, tensile and creep-rupture properties at temperatures up to 1400°F. The sluggish age-hardening response of inconel 718 permits annealing and welding without...
by xotmetals | Jan 28, 2018 | Nickel Alloys
Nickel is a versatile metal that is found in abundance in the earth’s crust and core.Nickel alloys are alloys with nickel as principal element. First discovered and isolated by Axel Fredrik Cronstedt, a Swedish chemist and mineralogist, nickel exhibits several...
