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ductility
(redirected from Ductile-brittle transition temperature)

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ductility
[duktil′itē]
the property of a material of having a large elastic range and tending to deform before failing from stress.

ductility (duktil´itē),
n the property of a material that allows permanent deformation under tension without rupture. It is measured as a percentage increase in length on rupture compared with original length and is termed percentage elongation, or elongation.


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The ductile-brittle transition temperature, as measured on compression-molded specimens using the razor-notched Charpy impact test, appears to be a reasonably good indicator of the S4 [T.
The phenomenology of polymeric fracture is examined, including brittle and ductile failure, and the ductile-brittle transition temperature (DBTT).
 
 
 
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