ORTHODONTIC BRACE

Design 5 could either be in tape or film profile depending upon requirements as mentioned above. This design idea would allow treatment to be possible for patients wearing fixed orthodontic appliances. The device would replace one of the brackets on the brace and would be securely fixed in place by acid etching onto the tooth surface and the brace wire. 

Nitinol is a nickel-titanium alloy known as memory metal. The name nitinol is derived from the s)mnbols for nickel (Ni), titanium (Ti), and the acronym for the Naval Ordinance Laboratory (NOL), where it was discovered. If an object made out of nitinol is heated to about 500 °C for about an hour and then allowed to cool, the original shape of the object is "remembered," even if the object is deformed into a different shape. The original shape can be restored by heating the metal. Because of this property, nitinol has found many uses, especially in medicine and orthodontics (for braces). Nitinol exists in a number of different solid phases. In the so-called aus-terite phase, the metal is relatively soft and elastic. The crystal structure for the austerite phase can be described as a simple cubic lattice of Ti atoms with Ni atoms occupying cubic holes in the lattice of Ti atoms. What is the empirical formula of nitinol and what is the percent by mass of titanium in the alloy ... 

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