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GCSE Chemistry · key term
The ability of a material to bend without breaking.
Used by Edexcel and OCR
Specification 9.39C · Paper 2
The ability to bend without breaking.
Revise: Material SelectionA fuller explanation is that the polymer has low electrical conductivity, so it insulates the conducting metal and reduces the risk of electric shock; its flexibility also allows the cable to bend without the coating breaking.
Paper 1 (Foundation), Paper 2 (Foundation), Paper 3 (Higher), Paper 4 (Higher)
The ability to bend easily without breaking.
Revise: Comparing material propertiesEase of reshaping concerns how readily a material can be given a new, lasting shape. This is different from flexibility: a flexible object may bend and then return to its original shape.
The ability of a material to bend repeatedly without breaking.
Properties such as hardness and flexibility belong to the bulk polymer, not to individual atoms.
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