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Smart Material - Coggle Diagram
Smart Material
Polymorph
Melts very quickly (62ºC)
Can be heated and shaped very quickly
Thermoplastic
Smart materials are reactive (they do things)
they react to a stimulus
(e.g. Light, Electricity, Magnets,)
Thermochromic pigments
Change colours when heat is applied
Photo-chromic
React to light
Glass that goes opaque with light (e.g special glasses)
Electrochromic
Reacts to electricity
Glass that goes opaque when current flows through it
Shape memory alloys
When SMA is bended out of shape, if you heat it up it will go back to its shape
Used in glasses and safety fire alarms
Nytenol (brand name)
Dental braces are made of Nytenol
