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Edexcel ·Physics·Cambridge AS & A Level Physics

Deformation of Solids

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Tensile and compressive forces, Hooke's law and the spring constant, stress, strain and the Young modulus, and elastic strain energy.

Tensile and compressive deformation

A pair of opposite forces can stretch (tensile) or compress (compressive) a solid. The extension xxx is the increase in length.

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