Physics A-Level
Ductile
What Ductile means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Ductile
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A material that shows an initial straight elastic region obeying Hooke's law, then yields and undergoes large plastic strain before breaking.
Topics that use Ductile
- Mechanical properties of matter (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Brittle
- 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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