Aluminum and Steel brittle or ductile based on these results? and why? Steel Aluminium% Elongation 0.2510.2705Modulus of E in ksi11833.33964.71Tensile Strength (ksi)87.5 51.5Yield Strength (ksi)78.5 41
Only steel(of this pair)might be liable to brittle fracture,which would be implied by almost zero elongation or reduction in area at fracture.On this basis the steel has not failed by brittle fracture.I would expect much more elongation in pure aluminium than your sample shows so I presume it to be brittle unless it is an alloy rather than commercially pure aluminium.However brittle fracture in metals is a particular phenomenon to be determined by impact tests and examination of fracture surfaces and is particularly relevant to metals with the body centred crystal structure.
