Elongation at Break
Elongation at break is the strain a material can undergo before it fails in a tensile test. It helps describe the flexibility, stretchability, toughness, and behavior of a film, fiber, elastomer, or molded part under tensile forces.
See related terms:
Bend Tolerance
Charpy Impact Strength
Creep Rupture
Cut Resistance
Impact Resistance
Tensile test diagram showing the sample stretching until failure.