The study of how the properties of matter arise from its structure at all scales and of how processing can be used to modify those properties (often in pursuit of a specific application).
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Material resistency to lasers beam
Keeping the average power constant, why some materials are more eager to be damaged by pulsed laser with respect of C.W. lasers, or viceversa?
When i talk about pulsed lasers i think for examples of ...
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Mnemonics to remember various properties of materials
I'm trying to figure out how to remember that
hardness: how resistant it is to deformation
toughness: how resistant it is to brittle failures
stress: force on a surface area
strength: ability to ...
