Ductility

Ductility is the physical property of being capable of sustaining large plastic deformations without fracture (in metals, such as being drawn into a wire). It is characterized by the material flowing under shear stress.

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A ductile material is any material that yields under shear stress (as opposed to brittle fracture, which yields under normal stress). Gold, copper, and aluminum are highly ductile metals.

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Ductility is related to malleability.

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Physical property: 1) A physical property is an aspect of an object that can be experienced using one of the five human senses: touch, taste, smell, sight or sound, or, in an extended sense, detected through any measuring device....

Plastic deformation: Redirect Plasticity (physics)...

Fracture: :For the feature film, see Fracture (film)...