Slip directions vary from crystal to crystal. When plastic deformation occurs in a grain, it will be constrained by its neighbors, which may be less favorably oriented. As a result, polycrystalline metals are stronger than single crystals (the exception is the perfect single crystal, as in whiskers.)
Plastic Deformation
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