Does metal shatter if cold enough?

In movies or shows where the character has ice powers or a ice based weapon they can freeze stuff like metal and break through it easily causing the metal to shatter like glass. Is this scientifically accurate? And if so would the same apply to rock, wood, or people?

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SW-User

In people it will cause gangrene due to frost bite. Don't know about rocks. Yes metal becomes brittle at low temperature, don't know about all. This was one of the reason titanic suffered its fate when it hit the ice berg as water was so cold. This phenomenon is known as ductile to brittle transformation at low temperatures.

NoodleJuice · 31-35, F

Wow that makes sense