Why is a covalently bonded material ductile again? - compmatphys

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November 1, 2022 at 8:07 am #7548

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(Specifically more so than the other materials?)

November 14, 2022 at 8:48 pm #7810

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It’s the opposite, they’re not ductile. My guess is that by pulling the nuclei away from each other, the atomic orbitals don’t overlap as well anymore, destroying the covalent bond.
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