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Brittleness — AQA GCSE Design and Technology Definition | GradeGen

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Brittleness

GCSE Design and Technology · key term

Brittleness

Definition

The tendency to fracture with little bending or deformation.

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AQA GCSE Design and Technology · 8552

Paper 1

The three named ferrous materials illustrate different balances between ease of shaping, hardness and brittleness.
Revise: Metals and alloys
The tendency of a material to crack or break rather than bend or deform.
Revise: Polymers

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Hardness
Toughness
Alloy
Conductivity
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