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Learning outcomes
You should be able to:
■■ define density
■■ define pressure and calculate the pressure in a fluid
■■ understand how tensile and compressive forces cause
deformation
■■ describe the behaviour of springs and understand
Hooke’s law
■■ distinguish between elastic and plastic deformation
■■ define and use stress, strain and the Young modulus
■■ describe an experiment to measure the Young modulus
Chapter 7:
Matter and materials
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