When a tensile load exceeds the hydrogen bonds between the cellulose fibers in paper, which outcome occurs?

💡 Explanation

Brittle tensile failure occurs because exceeding hydrogen bonds' limit invokes catastrophic failure via bond scission, a characteristic of brittle materials; therefore it fratures, rather than plastic deformation first, because chain slippage requires stronger intermolecular forces.

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