The document discusses various properties of materials including strength, hardness, elasticity, plasticity, ductility, malleability, brittleness, toughness, stiffness, resilience, lustre, machinability, fatigue, and creep. Strength is the ability to resist external forces without breaking. Hardness is the resistance to indentation. Elasticity is the ability to return to the original shape after a load is removed. Plasticity involves permanent deformation after loading. Ductility allows materials to be drawn into thin wires.