The sculptor was excited to use ductile metals in her work with kinesthetic art. From LearnThat.org.
ductile copper. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
"That can actually trigger a phenomenon we know as ductile failure," Dr Fusseis said. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference
It is also ductile, meaning it can be drawn into wire. From Wordnik.com. [Silver] Reference
First, it is ductile, meaning it is extremely hard to break and naturally returns to its original shape. From Wordnik.com. [The War on Earth] Reference
'ductile' in speaking of dead clay, and Duke, Doge, or leader, in speaking of living clay. From Wordnik.com. [The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing] Reference
It is malleable, ductile, and slightly paramagnetic. From Wordnik.com. [Uranium] Reference
For ductile iron or mild steel it may be taken as 1.5. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
The ductile material can be easily cold-formed and embossed. From Wordnik.com. [1. Technical requirements for Asbestos substitutes] Reference
I said to my Brothers, I shall be very ductile about Commerce. From Wordnik.com. [John Adams diary 39, 1 January - 2 May 1783] Reference
Pure nickel is grayish-white, malleable, ductile and tenacious. From Wordnik.com. [Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon] Reference
Pipes above ground can only be of galvanized steel or ductile iron. From Wordnik.com. [1. Intake structures] Reference
They had but to give permanent and conservative form to a ductile mass. From Wordnik.com. [Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American] Reference
The rivet iron should be as ductile as the best boiler plate when cold. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891] Reference
The fire-boxes were also made of steel of very soft and ductile quality. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883] Reference
For boiler and ship plates, the mildest and most ductile steel is favored. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 520, December 19, 1885] Reference
Working in this way makes the copper stronger and harder, but less ductile. From Wordnik.com. [Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon] Reference
Made long, like ductile wires, I am pulled into the ground and into the sky. From Wordnik.com. [martinaa Diary Entry] Reference
It forms a metal with high tensile strength while being ductile and malleable. From Wordnik.com. [Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon] Reference
Uranium metal is heavy, silvery white, malleable, ductile, and softer than steel. From Wordnik.com. [Uranium] Reference
It is hard, malleable, ductile, and melts at a lower temperature than wrought iron. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
They are strong, ductile and suitable for rolling and welding, but not for casting. From Wordnik.com. [4. Roof structure] Reference
~ Platinum is a grayish-white metal of high luster, and is very malleable and ductile. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
The important material progress occurred in 1965, when the ductile cast was introduced. From Wordnik.com. [1. Technical requirements for Asbestos substitutes] Reference
It is a metal that has the desirable physical properties of being malleable and ductile. From Wordnik.com. [Copper] Reference
Especially so when your convictions about what American security dictates are so ductile. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Brenner: Obama Will Not Strike Iran] Reference
Hafnium is a bright silver, ductile, lustrous metallic element with a very high melting point. From Wordnik.com. [Hafnium] Reference
It is rather soft and is very malleable, ductile, and flexible, yet tough and strong; it melts at. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
Malleable means it can be hammered and molded into shapes; ductile means it can be drawn into wire. From Wordnik.com. [Copper] Reference
When the metal plates are very soft and ductile, the operation of punching does no appreciable injury. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891] Reference
Copper is very malleable and ductile when cold, and in this state may be easily worked under the hammer. From Wordnik.com. [Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon] Reference
The ductile iron gives a very low resisting power, its duty being to hold the steel face up to its work. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891] Reference
Good steel is much more ductile than iron; and a finer wire may be drawn from it than from any other metal. From Wordnik.com. [A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition.] Reference
We fuse copper and zinc to create brass because brass is harder, more malleable and more ductile than copper. From Wordnik.com. [Testimony On Proposals For Electoral College Reform Before The House Judiciary Subcommittee On The Constitution] Reference
~ Silver is a heavy, rather soft, white metal, very ductile and malleable and capable of taking a high polish. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
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