Mechanical properties of Conducting Materials

Briefly describe the Mechanical property of Conducting Materials?

• Stress: It is the amount of force sustained by the material per unit cross sectional area.
• Strain:  It is the change (Elongation or Contraction) in length undergone by the material per unit of its original length.

                   Stress α Strain.  

• Strength:  It is the ability of a material to sustain external force or loads which act upon it during its working, without distortion.
• Ductility: It is the ability of the material with which it can be drawn into wires and bent without fracture.
• Malleability: It is the ability of the material by virtue of which a material may be hammered or rolled into thin sheets without rupture.
• Hardness: It is the property of the material to resist penetration.
• Brittleness: Lack of ductility is called Brittleness.
• Toughness: it is the strength with which the material opposes rupture.
• Elasticity: It is the property by which a material regains its original shape on on removal of load.
• Plasticity: It is the property that enables the formations of permanent deformation in a material.