i cant figure it out and my boytoy doesnt know. sheesh
2007-07-31 13:46:43 · 11 answers · asked by mookersgirl 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
The answer is not malleable. Malleable means that you can deform it and shape it.
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The others are correct - memory metal, shape memory alloy. Something descriptive like that. There does not appear to be a term of art to describe it.
2007-07-31 14:33:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not maleability, that is a property regarding how well a metal may be hammered into a shape. Gold is the most maleable element, I think I heard that one ounce of it can be hammered into a sheet of 10 square feet(?) - something like that...
Pseudo-elasticity or superelasticity, depending on type, according to wikipedia -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_metal
2007-07-31 21:29:03 · answer #2 · answered by Gary H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a "smart" material. The material can "remember" a property such as shape. The property changes, or is controlled, by such things as adding heat or by a magnetic field for example.
2007-07-31 23:04:25 · answer #3 · answered by gowings! 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Memory metal is a nickel-titanium alloy
2007-07-31 21:03:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless you mean hysteresis, but that's usually a 'memory' term used with regard to magnetism.
2007-07-31 20:53:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Memory retentive.
2007-08-04 12:47:26 · answer #6 · answered by johnandeileen2000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No No not malleable---that is plastic-or shape-able
Boy ! did I ever come to the wrong 'page'
2007-07-31 21:29:25 · answer #7 · answered by Bemo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
memory
2007-07-31 21:51:50 · answer #8 · answered by mechnginear 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
memory
2007-07-31 21:31:36 · answer #9 · answered by SteveA8 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think its mallable
2007-07-31 20:53:45 · answer #10 · answered by lynette 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋