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A-LevelPhysicsDeformation of solids9702/12 · May/June 2017 · Q201 Mark

What are the units of stress, strain and the Young modulus? [Table with columns: stress, strain, Young modulus. Rows for A, B, C, D show different units.]

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Astress: newton, strain: metre, Young modulus: pascal
Bstress: newton, strain: no unit, Young modulus: newton
Cstress: pascal, strain: metre, Young modulus: newton
Dstress: pascal, strain: no unit, Young modulus: pascal

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D: stress: pascal, strain: no unit, Young modulus: pascal

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Deformation of solids, A-Level Physics (syllabus 9702). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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A-Level Physics, May/June 2017 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 20.

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