– What makes one material inherently stronger than another material?
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Atomic structure.
Imagine you have two boxes. One box is just a simple, one layer sheet of card paper (like the stuff they use to make playing cards). That box is gonna suck because card paper is very simple, so just about anyone can break it.
Now have a different box made of cardboard. Most cardboard boxes actually have very complex, layered structures, much makes them more durable.
Another would be fibers. If you have a sheet of fibers that are all going the same two ways, up and across (^this way, and >that way), it’s a very simple pattern, so it’s easier to break. But if you have multiple layers, all crossing over each other, almost like they’re tangled, they’ll fare much better.
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