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What If Ceramics were Ductile?

2022-11-09

What If Ceramics were Ductile?

In the 1900s it was discovered that ceramic materials, at least in principle, can be permanently deformed without fracture at room temperature. Since then, materials researchers have dreamed of making ceramics that can be bent, pulled, and hammered without fracture. In his article Dr. Erkka J. Frankberg comments on recent research results on ductile ceramics and ponders whether they could be...