Sentence examples for brittle solid from inspiring English sources
A totally brittle solid may fracture suddenly (e.g., glass).
The mechanism shows how, in an integrated structure, the cycling temperature gradually breaks a brittle solid.
Natural latex is a sticky, unworkable liquid that dries to a brittle solid.
In its most stable elemental state, arsenic is a steel-gray, brittle solid with low thermal and electrical conductivity.
Antimony is a silver, metallic appearing, but somewhat brittle solid; and bismuth is a silver-white metal with a trace of pink in its lustre.
Pure sulfur is a tasteless, odourless, brittle solid that is pale yellow in colour, a poor conductor of electricity, and insoluble in water.
Gilvarry, J. Fracture of brittle solids.
Lawn, B. Fracture of Brittle Solids 2nd edn (Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, 1993).
Hutchinson, J.W., " Crack Tip Shielding by Micro-Cracking in Brittle Solids". Acta Metallurgica, 35, 1605-1619 (1987).
An analysis of chipping fracture in brittle solids is presented.
dos Santos, F. P. M. Donangelo, R. & Souza, S. R. Schematic models for fragmentation of brittle solids in one and two dimensions.
