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brittle temperature

brittle temperature

[′brid·əl ‚tem·prə·chər]
(thermodynamics)
The temperature point below which a material, especially metal, is brittle; that is, the critical normal stress for fracture is reached before the critical shear stress for plastic deformation.
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