Multiple Choice
Why are ceramics so much more brittle than metals?
A) The bonding in ceramics has a very high degree of ionic bonding character.
B) The bonding in ceramics has a very high degree of pi bonding character.
C) The bonding in ceramics is highly nondirectional.
D) The localized bonding in ceramics is highly directional.
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