Assertion: ceramic | /r/HasProperty | brittle
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text: This explains why ceramics are both hard and brittle.
text: Ceramic can be used in the construction of non-metallic posts, however, it is a brittle material and as such may fracture within the root canal or may cause fracture of the root due to its increased strength.
text: However, ceramics also tend to be brittle.
text: That is why, generally speaking, metals are ductile and ceramics are brittle.
text: Since ceramics are brittle, blades may break if dropped on a hard surface although improved manufacturing processes have reduced this risk.
text: Ceramics are therefore brittle.
text: Both glass and ceramics are brittle and break at the instance of a small force.
text: Ceramics are hard, brittle, oxidation resistant, wear-resistant, thermal and electrical insulating, refractory, nonmagnetic, chemically stable and prone to thermal shock.
text: Ceramics are brittle because they're loaded with irregularly distributed pores.