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Shape Memory Alloy - Intermetallic - Ductility
Even though Nitinol is a intermetallic compound, but why is it ductile? Intermetallics should be hard and brittle, Right? Why does it show ductiltiy? Look at the Fe3C cementite in steels, which is an intermetallic/interstitial compound is hard and brittle, less ductile. But why shape memory...- Shashiz
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