ductile

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For years, scientists questioned whether the mantle, which is hotter and more ductile than the crust, could generate significant earthquakes at all.

From Science Daily • Feb. 20, 2026

He said Dow is looking to “move to more ductile, durable products that even when subjected to extreme stressors, if it does break up, it doesn’t break up into small particles.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

"Due to copper’s highly conductive and ductile nature, it is an ideal candidate for transformation and transmission of electrical energy in EVs," the bank said in a note dated Wednesday.

From Reuters • Jul. 6, 2023

As Senta, the woman who returns the apparitional captain’s obsessive attention, Elza van den Heever sang with a ductile soprano.

From New York Times • May 31, 2023

This extreme elongation corresponds to the breaking elongation of a tensile sample, and can only take place with a very ductile material.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua