Material Properties Vocabulary

Vocabulary flashcards defining key material properties including strength, malleability, toughness, brittleness, ductility, hardness, and stiffness.

Strength

Ability of a material to withstand a force applied

Malleability

Ability of a material to be deformed without rupturing. accept also anything to do with being beat or hammered into shape

Toughness

Ability to withstand impact without breaking

Brittleness

Potential to shatter when experiencing impact

Ductility

The amount a material can be deformed accept also definitions relating to being drawn into a wire

Hardness

Ability to resist wear and abrasion

Stiffness

Ability to resist bending

Torsion

Twisting

Compression

Squishing

Tension

Stretching