3 How to Measure Important Properties
3.1 The Basic Tensile Test
3.1.1 Breaking Things in Style
3.1.2 Stiff or Hard?
3.1.3 Just For You
3.1.4 A Bit More About Tensile Testing
3.2 Fracture Toughness
3.2.1 A Few Basics about Fracture
3.2.2 The Charpy Impact Test
3.2.3 Fracture and Microcracks
3.3 Hardness
3.3.1 What, Exactly, is Measured by Hardness?
3.3.2 Ways to Measure Hardness
3.3.3 Let's Summarize
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