Which outcome occurs when cooling causes a shape-memory Nitinol wire to contract?

💡 Explanation

Phase changes during cooling trigger a martensitic transformation, a diffusionless shear-like process, causing Nitinol wire contraction because it reduces atomic spacing; therefore, the geometry changes accordingly, rather than expanding due to thermal expansion alone.

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