How dose tensile strength relate to the length of an object?

Question

I am doing a tensile strength lab and was woundering if the material that streaches out the most have the most tensile strength, or the material that connot streach or break at all? Thank you so much!

Answer 1

There is no relation between a material's tensile strength and elasticity. For example, both cast iron and concrete are very inelastic, yet cast iron is far stronger than concrete when pulled. Likewise, spring steel and plastic can be fairly elastic (both can bend readily and spring back), but spring steel is far stronger. However, when comparing simliar materials, such as steel alloys, those that have higher yield-to-failure are more likely to have a greater range of elasticity, so this might be what you're thinking about.

By the way, there isn't anything known to mankind that doesn't have an ultimate yield-to-failure point, so I don't know what you mean by "cannot streach or break at all".

Answer 2

At what temparature? Or shall I plot tensile capability v temperature on a graph for you? What form of Liquorice (there are a minimum of 30 kinds?). How do you assume to get a superb answer in case you're no longer specific! Jeez - some human beings!