This property of a polycrystalline material is increased by applying strain at cold temperatures to introduce defects; analogously, it decreases when steel is tempered. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this property which is nebulously quantified using the Mohs scale.
ANSWER: hardness [reject synonyms]
[10m] Cold annealing increases hardness but decreases this measurement of a metal’s plasticity. Materials that have this property are not brittle and can be easily drawn out in one dimension by rearranging their defects.
ANSWER: ductility [or ductile; reject “malleable” or “malleability”]
[10h] Work hardening creates defects at the boundary between these regions of a polycrystalline material. The size of these internally ordered regions determines the strength of an alloy.
ANSWER: grains [or grain size; or grain boundaries]
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