A Sample of Marble Has Deformed Brittlely During a Laboratory

question 26

Multiple Choice

A sample of marble has deformed brittlely during a laboratory experiment.If we wish our next sample of marble to deform plastically rather than brittlely,we should conduct the next experiment at

• A)lower temperature and lower confining pressure.
• B)lower temperature and higher confining pressure.
• C)higher temperature and lower confining pressure.
• D)higher temperature and higher confining pressure.

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