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Whats the difference between characteristics of a material and the working properties of a material?

April 26, 2017characteristics difference Engineering material Mathematics properties working

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Whats the difference between characteristics of a material and the working properties of a material?

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“Characteristics” are descriptions of what it does. “Working properties” are the typical metrics of it doing it. So for the SMA example you might have: Characteristics: A nickel/titanuim alloy which exhibits a military transformation to produce a strain response.