Metal fibers are strong, but can't be stretched very far. Rubber fibers are stretchy, but they're not very strong. Well, scientists have combined the selling points of both materials into one type of ...

RALEIGH – An international team of researchers has developed a technique that uses liquid metal to create an elastic material that is impervious to both gases and liquids. Applications for the ...

Whenever a perforated metal is used, the potential to offer a required level of elasticity can be a crucial factor. By knowing that a perforated metal is not as rigid as a non-perforated metal, ...

A research group has developed a bulk copper-based alloy boasting the largest tensile elastic strain at room temperature to date. Even when subjected to certain levels of stress, metals can spring ...

COMMON SENSE, as Lebasteur has remarked, prevents us from denying the existence of a limit of elasticity in metals. It is true that the smallest load oh a test-piece will cause a slight permanent set.

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