Physics A-Level
Brittle
What Brittle means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Brittle
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A material that is stiff and strong but fractures with little plastic strain, so its graph is almost linear to breaking.
Topics that use Brittle
- Mechanical properties of matter (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Ductile
- Elastic limit
- Elastic potential energy
- Force constant
- Graphical analysis of Hooke's law data
- Hooke's law
- Hooke's law behaviour
- Hysteresis
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