SILICATE 2 (IMAGE)

Rice University

SILICATE 2

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Rice University materials scientists tested structures made of calcium-silicate nanoparticles and found that particles go from brittle to ductile as they increase in size. The compressed single particle at left deformed under the pressure of a nanoindenter. At center and right, large particles did not crack under pressure.

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Multiscale Materials Laboratory/Rice University

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