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If the ultimate strength and the fracture points on the curve are far apart, the material is described as what?

ABrittle
BElastic
CPlastic
DDuctile
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Ductile
1. The gap between those two points shows how much the material yields before it breaks. 2. A material that breaks almost at once, with the points close, is brittle. 3. A material with the points far apart is ductile. _Source: NCERT Class 11 Physics, Ch 9 'Mechanical Properties of Solids'_
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