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  2. Superhard material - Wikipedia

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    A material is also considered hard if it resists plastic deformation. If a material has short covalent bonds, atomic dislocations that lead to plastic deformation are less likely to occur than in materials with longer, delocalized bonds. If a material contains many delocalized bonds it is likely to be soft. [10]

  3. Titanium ring - Wikipedia

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    Titanium rings are jewelry rings or bands which have been primarily constructed from titanium. The actual compositions of titanium can vary, such as "commercial pure" (99.2% titanium) or "aircraft grade" (primarily, 90% titanium, 6% aluminum, 4% vanadium), and titanium rings are often crafted in combination with other materials, such as gemstones and traditional jewelry metals.

  4. Refractory metals - Wikipedia

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    The alloy exhibits a higher creep resistance and strength at high temperatures, making service temperatures of above 1060 °C possible for the material. The high resistivity of Mo-30W, an alloy of 70% molybdenum and 30% tungsten, against the attack of molten zinc makes it the ideal material for casting zinc. It is also used to construct valves ...

  5. Jewellery - Wikipedia

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    Conversely, the jewellery industry in the early 20th century launched a campaign to popularise wedding rings for men, which caught on, as well as engagement rings for men, which did not, go so far as to create a false history and claim that the practice had medieval roots. By the mid-1940s, 85% of weddings in the U.S. featured a double-ring ...

  6. Titanium alloys - Wikipedia

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    Tests show it's 50% stronger than the next strongest alloy of similar density used in aerospace applications. [40] While it is not applied currently on a larger scale, freeform fabrication methods offers the ability to recycle waste powder (from the manufacturing process) and makes for selectivity tailoring desirable properties and thus the ...

  7. Nature's strongest material comes from sea snails - AOL

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    Limpet teeth have beaten out the previous record-holder for the strongest biological material found in nature: spider silk. Researchers found the limpets' teeth contain goethite, which is a hard ...

  8. Ring (jewellery) - Wikipedia

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    Ruby ring. A ring is a round band, usually made of metal, worn as ornamental jewelry.The term "ring" by itself denotes jewellery worn on the finger; when worn as an ornament elsewhere, the body part is specified within the term, e.g., earrings, neck rings, arm rings, and toe rings.

  9. A Guide to Every Ring Featured in ‘The Rings of Power’ - AOL

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