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Mechanical properties of metal
Article By:
Stoloff, Norman S. Department of Materials Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York.
Last reviewed:January 2020
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1036/1097-8542.417810
Commonly measured properties of metals (such as tensile strength, hardness, fracture toughness, creep, and fatigue strength) associated with the way that metals behave when subjected to various states of stress. The properties are discussed independently of theories of elasticity and plasticity, which refer to the distribution of stress and strain throughout a body subjected to external forces.
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