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Toughness vs Plasticity - What's the difference?

toughness | plasticity |

As nouns the difference between toughness and plasticity

is that toughness is (uncountable) the state of being tough while plasticity is the quality or state of being.

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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    plasticity

    English

    (wikipedia plasticity)

    Noun

  • The quality or state of being .
  • (physics) the property of a solid body whereby it undergoes a permanent change in shape or size when subjected to a stress exceeding a particular value (the yield value)

    • Related terms

    * elasticity