BRIEFING ON MEMORY METAL TECHNOLOGY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-04924A000200060007-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 20, 1997
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: May 8, 1969
• Content Type: MF

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8 May 1969
MEEMORANDUM FOR All Division Chiefs/ORD
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Program Manager,
SUBJECT : Briefing on Memory Metal Technology
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will give a briefing
on the status and potential applications of memory metal
technology on Monday, 19 May 1969, in Room 607 Ames bldg.,
at 10:00.
2. If you plan to attend, please call Norma X2763.
3. Certain alloys, if deformed from the annealed
shape, will revert to the original shape when heated to
a transformation temperature determined by the alloy
composition. There is considerable energy associated with
the transformation of NiTi alloy, and remarkable changes
in ductility, damping coefficient, electr' a1 resistance
and other properties. With NASA funding,
has studied this phenomenon to find out why it works and
to ,wake it work predictably. Possible applications include
salt-erecting structures, heat engines which convert heat
_._wectly to mechanical energy, heat-actuated fasteners or
;_~,"--fasteners, and temperature-sensitive triggers and
control devices.
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