Also known as brittle
thumb|Brittle fracture in glass thumb|Brittle fracture in cast iron tensile testpieces A material is brittle if, when subjected to stress, it fractures with little elastic deformation and without significant plastic deformation. Brittle materials absorb relatively little energy prior to fracture, even those of high strength. Breaking is often accompanied by a sharp snapping sound.
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- Instance of
- thermodynamic material property
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- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- opposite of
- toughness
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