According to the ASM manual in front of me, toughness is the ability of metal to absorb energy and deform plastic ally before fracturing. The Charpy test is a t

According to the ASM manual in front of me, toughness is the ability of metal to absorb energy and deform plastic ally before fracturing. The Charpy test is a test of absorbed energy, not force. I misspoke earlier when I said force. I was inadvertently sloppy in my writing.