Wire Preferences

[Vince Mrykalo]

>     Interesting, flexibility is defined as the elongation due to a unit
> load.  Flexibility is the inverse of stiffness.  By definition, this means
>  that the flexibility is inversely proportional to the modulus of
> elasticity.  Therefore, according to your statement, these different
>  brands of wire have different values for their modulus of elasticity.

> Dan Squire
> U of H

Although I'm no math wiz, why would those different brands of wire
have a *different* modulus value when a modulus is is defined as a
constant quantity?

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