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Article Category: Research Article
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Online Publication Date: 01 Apr 1985

Stiffness Changes in Thermodynamic Nitinol With Increasing Temperature

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Page Range: 120 – 126
DOI: 10.1043/0003-3219(1985)055<0120:SCITNW>2.0.CO;2
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Abstract

Load-deflection measurements on wires fabricated from a new Nitinol alloy which undergoes physical transformations affecting elastic response at body temperature.

Copyright: Edward H. Angle Society of Orthodontists

Contributor Notes

Dr. Andreasen is Professor of Orthodontics at The University of Iowa College of Dentistry. He holds a B.S. degree with a Major in Engineering, D.D.S., and M.S. in Orthodontics from the University of Nebraska. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics

Dr. Heilman is in the private practice of orthodontics in Hudson, Wisconsin. He is a graduate (D.D.S.) from the University of Iowa, and an M.S. in Orthodontics from the same institution

Diane Krell is a Research Assistant in the Department of Pedodontics at The University of Iowa. She holds a B.S. degree in Microbiology from Louisiana State University

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