why do glass and ceramics break when you drop them, while plastics and metals don’t?
In: Chemistry
There is a graph out there that shows the relationship between elastic and plastic deformation as well as failure points. A deformation is changing the shape of something. Usually by force. And elastic deformation is bending an object with force and after the force has been removed it will go back to how it was before you bent it. Plastic deformation will not to return to its original state. And a failure point is where something completely breaks down. Think of a paper clip. If you bend it, it will return back to its original position up until a certain point. If you bend it to far it will stay bent. Plastics will elastic and plastic deform and fail just as glass does the graph is just different. Glass will fail rather quickly but plastics will take more force reach a failure point.
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