Some materials are considered very strong, yet they are also very brittle. To me this sounds a bit counterintuitive so please explain to me how a material like carbon fiber for example, is considered strong but yet breaks easily.
In: Engineering
In material science, strength refers to how much stress a material can take before failing, while brittleness refers to how little a material deforms before fracture. For the most part, they are independent properties.
A material that is strong yet brittle would be able to withstand a lot of stress, but would fracture quite readily when it reached its limit.
Latest Answers