What does malleable and ductile mean?

Answer 1

Ductile metal: can be deformed without fracture, under tensile stress, can form easily wires and tubes Malleable metal: can be deformed without fracture, under compressive stress, can form easily sheets and plates

Answer 2

Ductile simply means something that's flexible - not rigid. for example, ductile iron pipes are used underground because they have a certain amount of 'give' when heavy objects are placed on them - Instead of breaking, they bend slightly under the weight. Malleable means 'able to be moulded'. Things that are malleable are easily moulded into other shapes.

Answer 3

Malleable refers to the ability of a material to be hammered or rolled into thin sheets without breaking. Ductile refers to a material's ability to be stretched into a wire without breaking. Both properties are desirable in metals for various applications.

Answer 4

ductile is anything that can be pulled out into strings like wires and malleable are things that are punded into a new substance such as aluminum foil

Answer 5

It means conversion ability of a metal into wires, as iron and copper are used to make the electric wires.

Answer 6

malleable - soft

ductile - strong