nitinol
[ nit-n-awl, -ol ]
/ ˈnɪt nˌɔl, -ˌɒl /
noun
a paramagnetic alloy of nickel and titanium that, after heating and deformation, resumes its original shape when reheated.
Origin of nitinol
1965–70;
ni(ckel) +
ti(tanium) +
N(aval)
O(rdnance)
L(aboratory), Silver Spring, Maryland, where the alloy was developed