Material properties

Question 1

Is strength a mechanical or physical property?

Answer 1

Mechanical

Question 2

What is strength?

Answer 2

Ability to withstand force. Can be compressive, tensile, mechanical, bending and torsional.

Question 3

Is elasticity a mechanical or physical property?

Answer 3

Mechanical

Question 4

What is elasticity?

Answer 4

Ability to bend without fracture when subjected to a force

Question 5

Is plasticity a mechanical or physical property?

Answer 5

Mechanical

Question 6

What is plasticity?

Answer 6

Ability to permanently deform without fracture when subjected to a force.

Question 7

What is malleability?

Answer 7

Ability to be worked without fracture.

Question 8

Is malleability a mechanical or physical property?

Answer 8

Mechanical

Question 9

Is ductility a mechanical or physical property?

Answer 9

Mechanical

Question 10

What is ductility?

Answer 10

Ability to be drawn out (like into a wire) without fracture

Question 11

Is hardness a mechanical or physical property?

Answer 11

Mechanical

Question 12

What is hardness?

Answer 12

Ability to resist abrasive wear.

Question 13

Is toughness a mechanical or physical property?

Answer 13

Mechanical

Question 14

What is toughness?

Answer 14

Ability to withstand sudden stress or shocks.

Question 15

Is brittleness a mechanical or physical property?

Answer 15

Mechanical

Question 16

Is physical durability a mechanical or physical property?

Answer 16

Mechanical

Question 17

What is physical durability?

Answer 17

Ability to withstand deterioration over a period of time.

Question 18

Is stability a mechanical or physical property?

Answer 18

Mechanical

Question 19

What is stability?

Answer 19

Ability to resist changes in shape over a period of time.

Question 20

Is stiffness a mechanical or physical property?

Answer 20

Mechanical

Question 21

What is stiffness?

Answer 21

The ability to resist bending

Question 22

Is density a mechanical or physical property?

Answer 22

Physical

Question 23

What is density?

Answer 23

How much mass is in the material

Question 24

Is electrical conductivity mechanical or physical property?

Answer 24

Physical

Question 25

Is thermal conductivity mechanical or physical property?

Answer 25

Physical

Question 26

Is size physical or mechanical property?

Answer 26

Physical

Question 27

Is optical mechanical or physical?

Answer 27

Physical

Question 28

What is meant by optical properties?

Answer 28

The ability of a material to allow light to pass through.

Question 29

Is fusibility a physical or mechanical property?

Answer 29

Physical

Question 30

What is fusibility?

Answer 30

The ease at which the material can be fused together

Question 31

What are mechanical properties?

Answer 31

Material properties that measure a material’s reaction to applied force.

Question 32

What are physical properties?

Answer 32

Properties other than mechanical that depend on the physics of the material.

Question 33

What are chemical properties?

Answer 33

May only be observed by changing the chemical identity of a substance.