Malleability vs. Plasticity

Malleability vs. Plasticity — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Malleability and Plasticity

Malleabilitynoun

The quality or state of being malleable.

Plasticitynoun

The quality or state of being plastic.

Malleabilitynoun

The property by virtue of which a material can be extended in all directions without rupture by the application of load; a material's ability to be bent, formed, or shaped without cracking or breaking.

Plasticitynoun

(physics) the property of a solid body whereby it undergoes a permanent change in shape or size when subjected to a stress exceeding a particular value (the yield value)

Malleabilitynoun

(cryptography) a property of a cryptographic algorithms in which an adversary can alter a ciphertext such that it decrypts to a related plaintext

Plasticitynoun

the property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped under pressure without breaking

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Malleabilitynoun

the property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped under pressure without breaking