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1. Mechanical Stability

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   Elastic Modulus and Rigidity
   The Young's modulus ($E$) dictates a material's resistance to elastic deformation. Materials with extremely high $E$, such as certain classes of meta-crystalline tungsten alloys, provide excellent rigidity but can introduce localized stress concentrations if manufacturing tolerances deviate beyond the angstrom level, potentially trigg…