bimetal

alternative bi-metal

1. not comparableengineeringConsisting of two metals.

   “Are you taking notes, Hayley?” “Yeah, no.” “You see why you're here, President Garfield? Why don't you tell her about your famous bimetal monetary system. It was one of your great passions.” “Only after women and billiards.”

   2016 June 6, Teresa Hsiao, “Garfield and Friends” (9:15 from the start), in American Dad!, season 13, episode 19, spoken by Stan Smith (Seth MacFarlane)

plural bimetals · alternative bi-metal

1. engineeringAn object consisting of two metals.

   Thermostatic Bimetals: Thermostatic bimetals are laminated composites using materials with a pronounced difference in thermal expansion'. Therefore, thermostatic bimetals change their shape whenever ambient temperature changes.

   2013 October 22, T W Duerig, K N Melton, D Stöckel, Engineering Aspects of Shape Memory Alloys, Butterworth-Heinemann, →ISBN, page 211

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   The application of bimetals synthesized with the combination of another secondary metal such as Ni, Pd, or Pt [comprise of a high reduction potential than ZVI; ZVI, −0.44 V; Ni,−0.257 V; Pd, 0.915 V; or Pt, 1.188 V; Arning and Minteer[…]

   2020 June 29, Manish Kumar, Daniel D. Snow, Ryo Honda, Santanu Mukherjee, Contaminants in Drinking and Wastewater Sources: Challenges and Reigning Technologies, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 274

   The bimetals can be used in forms such as the deflection of a straight strip, the rotation of spirals or helices and the snap action of dished discs. Applications include temperature indicators, thermostatic controls, energy regulators,[…]

   2002 September 27, M. A. Laughton, D.F. Warne, Electrical Engineer's Reference Book, Newnes, →ISBN, page 45