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It's cool that they observed this, but I'm a little confused why this is seen as surprising. Unless there's oxidation at the fissure, metals seem like they shou
by phyzome 3y ago
It's cool that they observed this, but I'm a little confused why this is seen as surprising. Unless there's oxidation at the fissure, metals seem like they should be able to glue back together pretty easily...
- dreamcompiler 3y ago...unless the metal at the crack location reconfigures itself to a lower energy crystal structure due to the boundary condition. Which apparently is not happening here.