Materials are subject to changes from temperature. We know there
are several states of matter: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma.
However, within a solid-state, materials have their properties
affected, in particular brittleness. The Liberty ships of the
Second World War were often breaking from cold weather.
These failures highlighted a material fracture problem.
What causes these failures, what materials are affected, and are
there any that are not? How is brittleness calculated and measured
(types of measurement) and what does...