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Physical Phenomena > Mechanical Phenomena > Tensile Strength

Preferred term

Tensile Strength  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Note

  • do not confuse with COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH

Scope note

  • The maximum stress a material subjected to a stretching load can withstand without tearing. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed, p2001)

History note

  • 77

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D013718

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