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What is the SI unit of the elastic modulus?
ANewton
BWatt
CPascal
DJoule
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Pascal
Modulus is stress per unit strain, and strain is dimensionless, so its unit is that of pressure, the pascal.
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