Key term for AQA GCSE Chemistry, used in Carbon Structures.
The maximum pulling stress or stretching force a material can withstand before breaking or permanently deforming.
Tensile strength appears in AQA GCSE Chemistry revision content for Bonding, structure, and the properties of matter, especially Carbon Structures and Graphene and Fullerenes.
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