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Define brittleness in brief

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Brittleness is the property of fracturing suddenly with little plastic deformation and no warning. Brittle materials like cast iron, glass, brick, stone and concrete have a short plastic range and fail near the elastic limit.

Explain briefly the property brittleness.

Brittleness is the property of a material to fracture suddenly with little or no plastic deformation and no warning. Brittle materials have a short plastic range and are weak in tension and under impact.

Examples: cast iron, glass, brick, stone and concrete. In the stress-strain curve, fracture occurs almost at the elastic limit.

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