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Toughness and impact

Physics · Grade 10 · about 40 minutes

Toughness is the energy a material can absorb before it fractures, not how hard or strong it is.

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Other lessons in this sub-strand

  1. How materials behave when you push them
  2. Hooke's law, stress and strain
  3. Elastic and plastic behaviour
  4. Investigating Hooke's law
  5. Stress, strain and Young's modulus
  6. Strength of materials
  7. Hardness and how we test it
  8. Brittleness and ductility
  9. Toughness and impact
  10. Choosing materials in Kenya