Tenacity - qualitative description of mineral behavior/fracture under various loads. Tensile strengths - quantitative measure of material strength under tensile load.
Tensile strength - the resistance of a material to breaking under tension.
Tenacity - Tenacity describes the reaction of a mineral to stress such as crushing, bending, breaking, or tearing. Certain minerals react differently to each type of stress. Since tenacity is composed of several reactions to various stresses, it is possible for a mineral to have more than one type of tenacity.
You can convert from Tenacity to GPa by dividing by density in g/cc. for a multifilament fiber like a carbon nanotube, the density is hard to measure, so reporting data in Tenacity is more accurate.
Tensile strength - the resistance of a material to breaking under tension.
Tenacity - Tenacity describes the reaction of a mineral to stress such as crushing, bending, breaking, or tearing. Certain minerals react differently to each type of stress. Since tenacity is composed of several reactions to various stresses, it is possible for a mineral to have more than one type of tenacity.