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Comment by kazinator

3 days ago

> In testing the metal after treatment, the research team found it boosted its strength by a factor of 2.6 while also cutting strain due to ratcheting by two to four orders of magnitude compared to untreated stainless steel. Such improvements, the team claims, could allow products made using the metal to be up to 10,000 times more resistant to fatigue.

LOL; that second sentence mainly just explains that four orders of magnitude means 10,000.

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