There are a few similar geological and geochemical characteristics between the North America shale and the Lower Paleozoic shale in south China, such as the TOC (total organic carbon) content, organic type, shale thickness, mineral composition, brittle mineral content, Poisson's ratio, and Young's modulus (Li et al. 2013b; Wang et al. 2012a, b; Tu et al. 2014).
It was demonstrated that sintering powders of brittle samples with different compositions while minimizing compositional homogenization can be used to engineer the magnetocaloric properties of the refrigerant and, at the same time, to obtain desired physical shapes.
At times it sounds like an icier, more brittle Springsteen or War on Drugs composition.
Nacre, the iridescent material found in Abalone shells, exhibits remarkable strength and toughness despite its composition of over 95% brittle ceramic.
The process of joining dissimilar metals is very sensitive because reactions between metal composition atoms can yield extremely brittle intermetallic compounds (IMCs).
Consequently, even the B-doped alloys become brittle and fracture intergranularly as the stoichiometric composition is approached.
Berkelium II) oxide, BkO, has been reported as a brittle gray solid but its exact chemical composition remains uncertain.
PHBV polymers with high composition of 3-hydroxybutyrate (3HB) are brittle.
For instance, how the different mechanisms (brittle and ductile deformation) affect the structural and composition characteristics of TDC TDCC often shows distinct degrees of brittle and ductile deformation because of different deformation mechanisms.
Jarvie (2007) proposed BI definitions based on the mineral composition of the rock, dividing the most brittle minerals by the sum of the constituent minerals in the rock sample, considering quartz as the more brittle minerals; after Jarvie, some equations, Perez and Marfurt (2013), Nayak and Singh (2007), Altindag (2003), also used the following equation for BI calculation.
Short oil compositions will dry faster and be more brittle than long oil [28].
