Wahi a kekahi o nā mea kūʻai aku ua kōkua kēia huahana i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ke ʻano o ka hale i kūkulu ʻia no nā makahiki he nui ʻoiai ʻo ia ka ikaika.
Hōʻike ka huahana i ka ductility pono. Hiki ke kaha kiʻi ʻia a i ʻole ka plastically deformed me ka ʻole o ka haki ʻana ke ʻike ʻia i kahi haʻahaʻa tensile.
Hāʻawi ka huahana i nā pono no nā kānaka ma o ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hōʻoluʻolu a me ka maikaʻi a me ke kōkua ʻana i ka mālama ʻana i ka maikaʻi o ka ea o nā hale.