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Ductility vs Toughness - What's the difference?

ductility | toughness |

As nouns the difference between ductility and toughness

is that ductility is (physics) ability of a material to be drawn out longitudinally to a reduced section without fracture under the action of a tensile force while toughness is (uncountable) the state of being tough.

ductility

English

Noun

  • (physics) Ability of a material to be drawn out longitudinally to a reduced section without fracture under the action of a tensile force.

    • See also

    * — Wikipedia

    toughness

    English

    (wikipedia toughness)

    Noun

    (es)
  • (uncountable) The state of being tough
  • (physics, of a metal) Resistance to fracture when stressed
  • A formidable difficulty

    • Derived terms

    * graph toughness

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