as in pliability
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Quantum annealing: This term is borrowed from annealing, a process that uses heat to alter the physical or chemical properties of a metal, glass, or plastic film to increase ductility and reduce hardness.
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Ars Technica, 30 Oct. 2024
The first, adopted in the 1990s and still widely employed, had a good combination of strength and ductility.
—John Johnson Jr., Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Aug. 2024
Some phases are harder, while others confer ductility, a measure of how much the metal can be bent and twisted out of shape without shearing and creating jagged edges that penetrate and tear squishy human bodies.
—John Johnson Jr., Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Aug. 2024
Ars Technica, 30 Oct. 2024
The first, adopted in the 1990s and still widely employed, had a good combination of strength and ductility.
—John Johnson Jr., Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Aug. 2024
Some phases are harder, while others confer ductility, a measure of how much the metal can be bent and twisted out of shape without shearing and creating jagged edges that penetrate and tear squishy human bodies.
—John Johnson Jr., Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Aug. 2024
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“Ductility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ductility. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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