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Young's Modulus

Materials Science · 1807

Equation: E = σ/ε
Field: Materials Science
Named After: Thomas Young
Symbols: σ stress (force per unit area) · ε strain (fractional stretch) · E the stiffness of the material itself, independent of the object's shape
Year: 1807

Significance

Hooke's law made a property of matter rather than of a particular spring — rubber's E is measured in megapascals, steel's in hundreds of gigapascals, diamond's beyond a terapascal. The number engineers reach for first when choosing what to build with.

Skills

Mortise and Tenon Joint Mixing and Placing Concrete

Minerals

Corundum Diamond Quartz Talc

Related

Hooke's Law Seismic Wave Speeds Griffith Fracture Criterion

Requires

Required By

Seismic Wave Speeds Griffith Fracture Criterion

Elements

Carbon Iron Tungsten Aluminum

Referenced by

element

Aluminum Carbon Iron Tungsten

equation

Griffith Fracture Criterion Hooke's Law Seismic Wave Speeds

skill

Mixing and Placing Concrete Mortise and Tenon Joint

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