Intelligent steel for safer cars

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As ductile as a rubber band: Extremely fine and uniformly distributed granules provide new types of steel their quotsuper-plasticityquot. Above: the original component middle: symmetrical extension by a factor of 850 below: elongation after fracture  ...
As ductile as a rubber band: Extremely fine and uniformly distributed granules provide new types of steel their "super-plasticity". Above: the original component; middle: symmetrical extension by a factor of 850, below: elongation after fracture at 1025 percent. Image: Max Planck Institute for Iron Research GmbH

Each year, more than 200,000 car accidents occur in Germany. Car manufacturers devote much time, effort, and cost to developing new ways of protecting drivers and passengers.


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