Materials For Tomorrow: Memory Metal

Series

Series Name: Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

156

Date Released

1975

Length of issue (in feet)

504

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 6

Summary

COI synopsis: From the age of stone to the age of steel, the world we live in has been shaped by the materials we use. Tomorrow’s world will be shaped by the strange, complex materials being developed today. This issue takes a look at a few of these materials for tomorrow. A metal with the strangest property of all. When cool it’s pliable and easily bent. But heat it and, as a "memory" returns, powerful forces pull it back to its original shape. An extraordinary material already playing a part in keeping aircraft in the air.

Keywords

Aircraft; Science and technology; Engineering; Design

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 51 [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 54 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/156

Credits:

Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Editor: Peter Greenaway
Cutter: Peter Greenaway

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