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Why is stress a property of a material rather than a property of an object?

This was in my physics practical handbook, I'm trying to pull out different explanations but it's all muddled. I know what stress and strain are but how is this applied to the question?

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TSR Jessica

Sorry you've not had any responses about this. :frown:

Are you sure you’ve posted in the right place? Posting in the specific Study Help forum should help get responses. :redface:

I'm going to quote in Tank Girl now so she can move your thread to the right place if it's needed. :h:

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rayquaza17

Moved to physics. :smile:

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Rhudspeth

stress is a property of a material as its the type of bonds within the material that affect its properties whilst an object is something made from a material

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Flame Alchemist

Original post by therealbatman365

This was in my physics practical handbook, I'm trying to pull out different explanations but it's all muddled. I know what stress and strain are but how is this applied to the question?

That's quite an unusual question... neither tensile stress nor strain are inherent properties of a material, with the former being dimensionally equivalent to exerted pressure and the latter being just a measure of the resultant deformation.

I'm not entirely sure what this question is calling for, but perhaps it's asking as to why the resultant strain depends on the material for a given stress? As in, the Young's modulus of a material.