1
AMCR Materials and Processes
Properties of
HaStreMaBriDuToElFuCo
Materials
-resist PENETRATION
and CUTTING
Hardness
-Cold and heat
treatment
Worked without
CRACKING or
BREAKING
Malleability
-typically ANNEALED
little BENDING or
DEFORMATION
-opposite of ductility
Brittleness
and malleability
-no plastic
deformation
Ductility Permanently DRAWN
Resist TEARING and
Toughness
SHEARING
1
, 2
-Impact resistance
-area under stress-
strain curve
To be DEFORMED
Resilience
ELASTICALLY
RETURN to its
Elasticity
original shape
to become LIQUID
Fusibility
-joined by heating or
melting
To be RESHAPED
Plasticity
-linear stress strain
curve
to carry HEAT and/or
Conductivity
ELECTRICITY
Strength -resist STRAIN
resist DEFORMATION
Stress
2
AMCR Materials and Processes
Properties of
HaStreMaBriDuToElFuCo
Materials
-resist PENETRATION
and CUTTING
Hardness
-Cold and heat
treatment
Worked without
CRACKING or
BREAKING
Malleability
-typically ANNEALED
little BENDING or
DEFORMATION
-opposite of ductility
Brittleness
and malleability
-no plastic
deformation
Ductility Permanently DRAWN
Resist TEARING and
Toughness
SHEARING
1
, 2
-Impact resistance
-area under stress-
strain curve
To be DEFORMED
Resilience
ELASTICALLY
RETURN to its
Elasticity
original shape
to become LIQUID
Fusibility
-joined by heating or
melting
To be RESHAPED
Plasticity
-linear stress strain
curve
to carry HEAT and/or
Conductivity
ELECTRICITY
Strength -resist STRAIN
resist DEFORMATION
Stress
2