Smart Metals Sample Pack (Smart Material)

This Smart Metals Sample Pack offers teachers and students a hands-on way to explore the unique properties of smart metals in science lessons. Ideal for secondary schools and colleges, it provides clearly labelled samples for classroom demonstrations or practical investigations.

• This Smart Metals sample pack contains labelled samples of all the smart metals for evaluation, supplied in a rigid plastic case.

  • 1 x Smart Spring

  • 1 x Two-Way Memory Spring

  • 1 x Smart Wire 0.006? diameter (125mm)

  • 1 x Memory Metal (125mm)

  Smart Spring:

  At room temperature this spring is soft enough to pull out to approximately 50mm by applying a small force.

  When heated to 70°C by passing an electric current through it (or by other means such as hot water or a heat gun, etc), the spring contracts to its original length with a useful pulling force (equivalent to lifting a 0.5kg weight).

  • Spring weight: 1.1g

  • Dimensions: 20mm (when closed), 5.5mm external diameter. 4mm internal diameter

  Two Way Memory Spring:

  These remarkable springs, based on a brass alloy, ‘remember’ to open up when heated and close again when cool.

  If immersed in hot water at or around 90°C they will open in a split second and close as quickly if dropped in cold water. Such springs have many industrial applications – e.g., in sprinkler and fire damping systems where they replace expensive single-use only fusible links.

  • Spring weight: 3g

  • The spring is 10mm long, extending to 25mm in hot water.

  • 11.5mm external diameter

  • 9mm internal diameter

  Smart Wire:

  Smart wire is a shape memory alloy (SMA) that changes its length with a useful pulling force when a small current is passed through it.  The Smart Wire is activated by passing a small electric current through it.  It is also affected by temperature.

  • 125mm length

  • 0.15mm diameter wire