Ceramic materials are stronger under compressive stress than

Ceramic materials are stronger under compressive stress than tensile stress.

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Abswer is true

Ceramics tend to be weak in tension, but strong in compression. For a metal, the compressive strength is near that of the tensile strength, while for a ceramic, the compressive strength may be 10 times the tensile strength. Alumina, for example, has a tensile strength of 20,000 psi 1138 MPa), while the compressive strength is 350,000 psi (2400 MPa).