Nichrome

These two requirements eliminate the cast iron pot, although many are used, thus leaving us to select from malleable castings, wrought iron, cast steel, and special alloys, such as nichrome or silchrome. ❋ Unknown (1916)

Heater bodies, ready to be wrapped in nichrome; nozzles perhaps, made as they used to make clay pipes? ❋ Unknown (2005)

Quickly, she pulled on her thermal suit, an intricate web of nichrome filaments that would keep her body comfortably warm even in near-freezing water. ❋ Jeri Taylor (1996)

Air became a high-resistance conductor comparable to nichrome wire, when and where the projector sent its microwaves. ❋ Murray Leinster (1935)

Before hardening, the balls are annealed to relieve the stresses of forging and grinding, this being done by passing them through a revolving retort made of nichrome or other heat-resisting substance. ❋ Unknown (1916)

There are two common types of thermo-couples, the first making use of common, inexpensive metals, such as iron wire and nichrome wire. ❋ Unknown (1916)

Where it is necessary for protecting tubes to project a considerable distance into the furnace a tube made of nichrome is frequently used. ❋ Unknown (1916)

This tube of fireclay, or porcelain, etc., should be protected against breakage by an iron or nichrome tube, plugged or welded at the hot end. ❋ Unknown (1916)

If nichrome wire were used, it would be 1/60th the length of copper for the same gauge, or 93 feet. ❋ Frederick Irving Anderson (1912)

Dividing by 30 gives 193 feet for 30\% German silver wire; and dividing by 60 gives 96 feet of nichrome wire of the same gauge. ❋ Frederick Irving Anderson (1912)

Iron wire, German silver wire, or the various trade brands of resistance wire, of which nichrome, calido, and manganin are samples, can be used. ❋ Frederick Irving Anderson (1912)

The first design involved multiple layers of silicone fused together around a nichrome core. ❋ John Baichtal (2010)

The wire used for building the machine should be a nichrome wire, since a stainless steel wire can break during the cut while using larger foam block. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Small plates of various metals sat in stacks on Shrock's desk -- stainless steel, galvanized iron, copper, nichrome, tantalum. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I haven't tried this myself, but many common household appliances use nichrome wire as heater elements. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Since you only need a short piece of the nichrome wire, it should be affordable, but if you want to try a low cost hack you could experiment with armature wire scavenged from a small battery operated DC motor. ❋ Unknown (2009)