Toughness
Archaeometallurgy, Guidelines for Best Practice, published by Historic England in 2015, defines toughness as: ‘…a measure of the energy required to break a material. It is difficult for a crack to grow in a tough material, whereas a crack in a brittle material, such as a glass or ceramic, will grow very rapidly.’
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