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Toughness - Definition and Overview

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Toughness, in material science and metallurgy, is the resistance to fracture of a material when suddenly stressed. It is defined as the amount of energy that a material can absord before breaking, and can be found by find the area (i.e. by taking the integral) underneath the stress-strain curve.

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