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From: gleep@netcom.com (Steve McIntosh)
Subject: Nitinol Wire Qs?
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Date: Fri, 14 May 1993 19:56:05 GMT
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I've been playing around with some Nitinol Wire which a friend
gave me.. Does anybody know if the contraction is proportional
to the wires temperature, or is there some kind of snap point?

Has anybody tried to control the amount of contraction by 
controlling the temperature by using an on/off duty cycle
on the voltage??

Thanks in advance...
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