Eli5: Strong yet brittle?

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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.

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This is always confusing for most people. I think it is a problem of semantics. People refer to HARD materials as strong and RESISTENT materials as strong, too.

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