Superelastic titanium alloy has potential for space missions

Nature, Published online: 26 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00301-1Metallurgists have designed an extraordinary titanium alloy that is light, strong and flexible, and which recovers its original shape after large amounts of deformation — even when as cold as liquid helium or hotter than boiling water.

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Superelastic titanium alloy has potential for space missions

Nature, Published online: 26 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00301-1Metallurgists have designed an extraordinary titanium alloy that is light, strong and flexible, and which recovers its original shape after large amounts of deformation — even when as cold as liquid helium or hotter than boiling water.