Materials and Hardware

Can easily be broken or fractured by an impact.

• Ductility

• Elasticity

• Brittleness

• Malleability

Ability of a metal to conduct heat.

• Conductivity

• Malleability

• Tenacity

• Ductility

The proprty of being able to be permanently extended by a tensile force.

• Malleability

• Tenacity

• Ductility

• Brittleness

Ability of a metal to return to its original shape and size after the removal of any distorting force

• Malleability

• Strength

• Elasticity

• Ductlity

Ability of a metal to resist wear and penetration

• Tenaciity

• Hardness

• Toughness

• Ductility

Ability of a material to be stretched or shaped in all directions without breaking or fracturing

• Malleability

• Strength

• Ductility

• Tenacity

Ability of a material to withstand impact

• Hardness

• Toughness

• Plasticity

• Elasticity

Ability to retain a deformation after the load producing it has been removed. Opposite of elasticity

• Toughness

• Brittless

• Malleability

• Plasticity

Property of metal to resist deformation when subjected to a tensile load.

• Tenacity

• Toughness

• Hardness

• Strength

Ability to withstand the forces of compression, tension and shear.

• Ductility

• Hardness

• Toughness

• Strength