Talk:List of materials properties

When studying materials and especially when selecting materials for a project design, it is important to understand key porperties. The most important properties are outlined below.

Strength The ability of a material to stand up to forces being applied without it bending, breaking shattering or deforming in any way.

Elasticity The ability of a material to absorb force and flex in different directions, returning to its original position.

Plasticity The ability of a material to be change in shape permanently.

Toughness A characteristic of a material that does not break or shatter when receiving a blow or under a sudden shock.

Hardness The ability of a material to resist scratching wear and tear and indentation.

Conductivity The ability of a material to conduct electricity —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.174.128.38 (talk) 03:05, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

I think it is important to mention the question of reversibility for strenght and elasticity. Strength? If no force, no deformation. If any force exitsts, some deformation exists. I suppose the strength is a question of limit. --ZJ (talk) 15:32, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

—Stiffness is currently listed as a material property. Strictly speaking, as defined above material properties are properties of the material. Stiffness is a property of an object and is subject to its geometry. I don't think it belongs on this list. Wmcleod (talk) 15:32, 8 May 2015 (UTC)

This property is already defined under mechanical properties. P-wave velocity is a function of different moduli and densities. Hamsterlopithecus (talk) 16:21, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

This page needs to only contain properties that are intrinsic to a material, are measurable, and predictive of the behavior of the universe. RoHS compliance is a legal classification, it can change when the law changes. I've also removed several other items that were listed that could be categorized similarly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.174.62.237 (talk) 07:35, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

I removed the entry "Hindrance is property in metal of magnetic" added by 2405:205:2382:717:e831:6cd0:e59f:e5e3 (), because I couldn't find any source showing that it was a material property. Two possibilities for its meaning could be steric hindrance or hindrance to domain wall motion (in ferromagnetic and ferroelectric materials). Steric hindrance is a property of molecules undergoing chemical reactions, and hindrance to domain wall motion doesn't seem to be a property, but rather a way of describing how domain walls behave. I'm open to adding "hindrance" back to the list if someone can show that it is a material property. Inverted Hourglass (talk) 13:55, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

There's a typo in "creep" description, but I don't know enough to fix it. The erroneous text reads, "If the s in a material exceeds the yield point." The-erinaceous-one (talk) 07:56, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

P-wave modulus and Lamé's first parameter each have a dedicated article, yet they are not included here. I cannot add them because I do not understand them, and thus cannot add a description for them. Existent human being (talk) 13:52, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

Technological properties are not in the list of material properties.I suggest someone put them on. Slc011 (talk) 16:40, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

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