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Young’s modulus measures stiffness of materials. Flexibility, quantified.

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Young’s modulus (E) is stress/strain in the elastic regime. Steel is around ~200 GPa, while rubber can be ~0.01–0.1 GPa, showing why steel is far stiffer.

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