Try it on paper first. A hint, the key idea and the worked solution are here when you need them.
A wire long and across carries and becomes longer. Find the stress, the strain and Young's modulus. Which metal could it be?
Young's modulus: . A wire stretches and acts as a spring with . A wire breaks when its stress reaches the breaking stress, whatever its length.
Have you tried it?
Work it out on paper first. It is fine to get stuck or make a mistake: that is how we learn. When you are ready, go through the solution one step at a time, and check each step against your own.
Step 1. Area. .
Step 2. Stress. .
Step 3. Strain. .
Step 4. Modulus. .
Answer: , , : steel.
Watch out. Change millimetres to metres in both the diameter and the stretch.
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