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

Teaching Guidance 16-19

The whole of this section so far has focused on pressure in liquids and gases. What about solids? The simple expression for...

Physics Narrative 11-14

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

Lesson 16-19

A stretched or compressed material will experience stress. Stress is a measure of the force that the material is experiencing...

Glossary Definition 16-19

Food scientists study the mechanical properties of food and have calculated the Young’s moduli of a range of foods.

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16

Charles de Coulomb carried out some of the earliest published research on brittle materials. His work led to him travelling...

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16

Richard Feynman famously demonstrated the role of brittleness in the failure of a rubber O-ring in the Challenger Space...

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16

Typically, materials become thinner when they are stretched and thicker when they are squashed. However, auxetic materials, or...

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16