More recently, we have shown that macroscopic polycrystalline Ti3SiC2 cylinders can be compressed at room temperature to stresses of up to 1 GPa and fully recover upon removal of the load,while dissipating ≈25% of the mechanical energy.This phenomenon is attributed to the fully reversible formation and annihilation of incipient kink bands within the grains. Here again it is fair to assume that the energy absorbed would be a function of microstructural orientation.