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This video is going to be a bit different to my usual videos, but I want to talk about material properties and the words we use to describe them.
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This is information you are going to need to fully understand future videos.
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By the end of this video, I want you to understand 6 keywords that we use to describe materials.
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These are stiff, strong, ductile, brittle, tough and hard.
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With these words, you will be able to describe pretty much any material
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and better understand why certain materials are used in different applications.
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More technical videos like this will be uploaded to my second channel from now on, which you can subscribe to by following this link.
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I'll try and back up the technical stuff with interesting real-world examples.
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First we are going to learn what a tensile test is.
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A tensile test is a fundamental test in material mechanics.
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It's performed by pulling a sample of material apart until failure, while measuring the force and displacement.
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It provides us with something called a stress strain curve, which tells us a lot about the material's reactions to forces.
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In this scenario, the stress is defined by the force applied to the test sample, divided by the cross-sectional area.
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This gives us units of newtons per meter squared, which you may recognize as the metric unit for pressure, Pascals.
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Stress goes on the y-axis.
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Strain describes how much deformation has occurred with that applied force, and it is found by dividing the change in length by the original length.
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This is placed on the x-axis.
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Let's watch this test again and see what information we can get from the stress strain graph.
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As the stress rises, the material begins to deform.
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This initial linear region is elastic deformation, That means if we remove the force, the material will regain its original shape.
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Think of how a rubber band can deform hugely and still come back to its original shape.
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The end of this linear elastic deformation is marked by the yield point.
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From here out, any additional stress will cause permanent deformation.
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This is called plastic deformation.
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The stress continues to rise until it hits the ultimate tensile strength point.
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This is the ultimate strength of the material, the most stress it can handle.
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From here, less stress is needed as the material begins to decrease in cross section, which you can see happening here.
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This is called necking.
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This continues until the material fractures.
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We can get a lot of really useful information from this graph.
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The first is Young's modulus, otherwise known as the elastic modulus.
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This describes how stiff the material is, and it is obtained by finding the slope of this linear region.
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A steeper slope means a stiffer material.
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For example, a high carbon steel may look like this, whereas a flexible material with the low Young's modulus, like rubber, would look like this.
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This graph is not to scale, but it should give you an idea of how this information is represented.
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Young's modulus is one of the most used properties in engineering, as we can use it to predict deflection in a huge range of scenarios.
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Yield strength and ultimate tensile strength are two other important properties.
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An engineer will divide the yield or ultimate strength by the safety factor to achieve the max allowable stress, which is used to influence the design of the product.
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Usually engineers will aim to keep the max possible stress well below failure, but safety factors differ between industries.
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So we've seen a stiff material and a flexible material.
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Now let's look at a material in between.
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This material can be described as tuff and ductile.
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Tuff simply means the material can absorb a lot of energy without breaking.
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The area under the graph here defines how much energy is absorbed.
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Ductile means it deforms under pressure.
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The two previous materials could also be considered ductile.
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Springsteel is a tough and ductile material with a high yield strength which is why it is used in springs.
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Springs need to absorb energy without permanently deforming.
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The opposite of ductile is brittle.
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A brittle material is a material that breaks with very little deformation.
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Glass, ceramics and cast iron all fall into this category.
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You can actually tell if a material is brittle or ductile by examining the fracture surface after they have broken.
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A ductile material will have this characteristic cup and cone fracture surface, whereas brittle fractures have granular flat looking fracture surfaces.
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Some materials can go from ductile to brittle when their temperatures are lowered.
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This was actually a massive problem during World War 2 with the Liberty ship.
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Several Several of these ships literally broke in half with no warning, including the SS John P.
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Gaines, which broke in half in the frigid waters of the Bering Sea.
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It was later discovered that the grade of steel being used became brittle at lower temperatures.
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This problem was made worse by the stress concentration at the hatches, which you learned about in my first video, Why are plane windows round?
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This embrittlement is also thought to have contributed to the fracture of the titanic's hull.
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The final material property I want to talk about is hardness.
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It is directly related to the stiffness and yield strength of the material, but it is used to describe how difficult it is to dent, scratch and abrade materials.
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One way this material property is measured is with the Rockwell hardness test.
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This test involves three steps.
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First a minor load is applied to the material by an indenter.
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This establishes a zero point.
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For the second step, a major load is then added, which indents the material.
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And for the final step, the major load is removed, while maintaining the initial load.
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The difference in depth between the first and third step is then used to calculate the hardness of the material.
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Diamond is a very hard material, which is why it is used in cutting tools.
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One of the fantastic properties of steel is its ability to be heat treated, to have its hardness tailored in different areas.
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For example, with swords you want your cutting edge to be hard but the core of the blade to be ductile.
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This means the sword can bend under pressure without breaking, while the cutting edge can resist damage.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione di livello C1 si basa sul video “Material Properties 101”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: material, stress, ductile, brittle, strength. Questo video contiene 85 frasi e 1264 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 6:06. Chi parla va veloce, circa 207 parole al minuto: aspettati suoni legati e ridotti. Il 82% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
Le 15 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| distress sostantivo | /dɪˈstɹɛs/ | angoscia, pena |
| ductile aggettivo | /ˈdʌk.təl/ | duttile, trafilabile |
| brittle aggettivo | /ˈbɹɪtəl/ | fragile |
| deformation sostantivo | /ˌdɛfəˈmeɪʃən/ | deformazione, storpiatura |
| fracture sostantivo | /ˈfɹæk.t͡ʃʰəː/ | frattura |
| deform verbo | /dəˈfɔɹm/ | deformare |
| hardness sostantivo | /ˈhɑɹdnəs/ | durezza |
| stiff aggettivo | /stɪf/ | rigido |
| graph sostantivo | /ɡɹæf/ | grafico |
| elastic aggettivo | /ə-/ | elastico, elastica |
| absorb verbo | /æbˈsɔɹb/ | assorbire, incorporare |
| tuff sostantivo | /tʌf/ | tufo |
| slope sostantivo | /sloʊp/ | pendio |
| axis sostantivo | /ˈæksɪs/ | asse |
| aspire verbo | /əˈspaɪɚ/ | aspirare |
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | will be uploaded · is defined · is found |
| Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso | has occurred · we've seen · have broken |
| Frasi relative who / which + frase — un’informazione in più su una persona o una cosa | stress, which is · strength which is · material, which is |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 3 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'll, we've, wouldn't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: deformation /ˌdɛfəˈmeɪʃən/, deflection /dəˈflɛkʃən/, sectional /ˈsɛkʃənəl/, consultation /ˌkɑnsəlˈteɪʃən/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: deformation /ˌdɛfəˈmeɪʃən/, allowable /əˈlaʊ.əbəl/, personalize /ˈpɜː.sə.nə.laɪz/, characteristic /ˌkæɹ(ə)ktəˈɹɪstɪk/, consultation /ˌkɑnsəlˈteɪʃən/
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- /h/ — va soffiata, non è muta: hardness /ˈhɑɹdnəs/, hugely /ˈhjuːd͡ʒli/, hatch /hæt͡ʃ/, hull /hʌl/
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: distress /dɪˈstɹɛs/, hardness /ˈhɑɹdnəs/, modulus /ˈmɑdʒələs/, stiff /stɪf/, graph /ɡɹæf/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: fracture /ˈfɹæk.t͡ʃʰəː/, graph /ɡɹæf/, absorb /æbˈsɔɹb/, axis /ˈæksɪs/, granular /ˈɡɹæn.jə.lə(ɹ)/
Come esercitarsi con questo video
- Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
- Inizia a velocità 0,75×, fai shadowing frase per frase e torna alla velocità normale quando diventa facile.
- Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come distress, ductile, brittle.
Cos'è la tecnica dello Shadowing?
Shadowing è una tecnica di apprendimento delle lingue supportata da studi scientifici, originariamente sviluppata per la formazione dei traduttori professionisti e resa popolare dal poliglotta Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Il metodo è semplice ma potente: ascolti un audio in inglese di madrelingua e lo ripeti immediatamente ad alta voce — come un'ombra che segue il parlante con un ritardo di solo 1–2 secondi. A differenza dell'ascolto passivo o degli esercizi di grammatica, lo shadowing costringe il tuo cervello e i muscoli della bocca a elaborare e riprodurre simultaneamente i modelli di discorso reale. La ricerca dimostra che migliora significativamente la precisione della pronuncia, l'intonazione, il ritmo, il discorso connesso, la comprensione dell'ascolto e la fluidità del parlato — rendendolo uno dei metodi più efficaci per la preparazione alla prova di speaking dell'IELTS e per la comunicazione reale in inglese.