Talk:Brittleness

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what is the relation b\w brittleness and density?

- None : Tungsten is heavy (19.25  g·cm−3) and can be brittle Lead is heavy (11.34  g·cm−3) and malleable (Lead glass on the other hand is brittle as well as heavy : 6  g·cm−3) Graphite is light (2.09–2.23 g/cm³) and brittle Aluminium is also rather light (2.70 g·cm−3) and malleable

"When used in materials science, it is generally applied to materials that fail in tension rather than shear"

I don't see why it should fail in tension more than shear. It might be true for bending where external fibers would break sooner than for a malleable material, but tension ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.12.218.218 (talk) 12:10, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

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Definition
"A material is brittle if it is liable to fracture when subjected to stress."

This is a very unsatisfactory definition of "brittle", since all materials (including ductile ones) will fracture/fail when subjected to sufficient stress. The term brittle refers to those materials that fail under stress without significant (plastic) deformation/strain, i.e. prior to the onset of general yielding. I invite discussion as to whether or not to include the word 'plastic' in the definition; a rubber band, when stretched at room temperature, will fail without deforming plastically even though the(elastic) strain may be over 100%. This doesn't really fit the general perception of brittle behaviour. It may therefore be better to omit 'plastic', and talk simply in terms of failure without significant [elastic or plastic] deformation. --Amgreen (talk) 13:38, 13 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Sounds good to me, feel free to fix it. Wizard191 (talk) 17:49, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

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Necessity of crack growth section?
I don't entirely see the necessity of the crack growth section within this wikipedia page. I feel like it pertains more to a subsection of brittle fracture instead, and the Fracture page, which has a brittle fracture subsection and mentions supersonic fracture, has already been linked somewhere in the article. Maybe, to redirect people interested in brittle fracture specifically to the brittle fracture subsection of fracture, we can specifically link it? Honeylemongreen (talk) 19:59, 17 March 2021 (UTC)