Question

what word best describes the flexibility of ceramics

Answer 1

Answer:

"Bend rather than break"

Explanation:

Answer 2

Flexibility of Ceramics

Explanation:

• Ceramics are not known for their flexibility : they will in general break under pressure. It's been known in metals, and a few polymers," he says, "yet not in earthenware production"  
• On a fundamental level, the atomic structure of ceramics should make shape memory conceivable, he says — yet the materials' fragility and affinity for breaking has been an obstacle. "The idea has been there, yet it's rarely been acknowledged," Schuh says. "That is the reason we were so energized"  
• The way to shape-memory earthenware production, it turns out, was thinking little
• The group achieved this in two key manners. To start with, they made minor artistic articles, imperceptible to the unaided eye: "When you make things little, they are increasingly impervious to splitting," Schuh says. At that point, the scientists focused on making the individual precious stone grains range the whole little scope structure, evacuating the gem grain limits where breaks are well on the way to happen