Many university materials science departments are happy to provide access to their facilities to give students the experience...

Teaching Guidance 16-19

Demonstration: The behaviour of a metal when it is subject to a stretching force reveals clues about the forces between its...

Practical Activity 14-16

Demonstration: With a little ingenuity, even a small change in length of a wire becomes measurable.

Practical Activity 14-16

Class practical: To look at a material that does not obey Hooke’s law.

Practical Activity 14-16

The Young modulus is often regarded as the quintessential material property, and students can learn to measure it. It is a...

Lesson 16-19

The Young modulus of a material is an intrinsic, bulk property that describes how the material deforms when subjected to...

Glossary Definition 16-19