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Capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers; -- applied to metals.
Makenzie Kautzer
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∙ 14y agoMalleable is not a thing. It is an adjective to describe a material like metal is malleable. It basically means that you can change the material metal into different shapes by molding it.
That's where the word 'malleable comes from: 'mold'.
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'Mallealbe' means that the metal can be reshaped'.
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∙ 14y agoEasily bent and molded into different shapes (normally applied to plastics and metals).
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∙ 13y agoIf an object is malleable, it can be hammered or pressed into another shape without cracking or breaking it. An example of a malleable object is metal.
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∙ 12y agoA material which shows large plastic deformation before breaking or cracking.
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How many electrons are in the outer level of atoms of alkaline earth metals?
You mean valence electron? 2 If your talking about Bohr Diagrams then it depends on the metal
What do metals and non metals mean in science?
A short answer is: metals are electron donors and nonmetals accept electrons.
What does the term alloy mean when talking about metals?
Alloying of a metal is when you mix one metal with another thus forming an alloy.
What are nuclear metals?
You probably mean uranium and plutonium
What does appearance and properties mean?
Appearance means what it looks like, Property's means what can it do for example is it hard or soft, does it conduct electricity, is it malleable. etc.
Term used to describe a material that can be hammered or rolled into shape?
Malleable.See Web Links for a definition.Ductile is a similar word. Both are commonly applied to describe metals.
What does maleable mean?
It's the level of which you can alter the shape of a material. The more you can distort (bend, pound, etc.) a material, the more malleable it is.Gold is the most malleable element.Some metals become more malleable with heat, such as iron and bronze. This is also true of certain plastics, clays (like Plasticene) and other materials, but metals are the most malleable materials.
What exactly does it mean to say a substance is malleable?
If you think of a wooden hammer as a mallet and if you hit something with it and it becomes thinner than before, it is malleable and will become thinner the more you do that. Gold and silver are two metals like that as well as many others.
What dose whereabouts mean?
LOL , it's country slang for what area are you talking about !!
The term that describes the ability of many metals to be pounded into thin sheets?
malle·a·bly adv.Synonyms: malleable, ductile, plastic, pliable, pliantThese adjectives mean capable of being shaped, bent, or drawn out: malleable metals such as gold and silver; ductile copper; a plastic substance such as wax; soaked the leather to make it pliable; pliant molten glass.
Are the olympic silver metals real silver?
yes Depends a little on what you mean by "real" silver. It's a lot of silver in them, but there is some percentage of other metals to make the silver more malleable and more suited for making medals of.
What does it mean if a solid is malleable?
bendable
What dose it mean when a girl tells your friend that she thinks i like her?
They are most likely talking about themselves liking you.
What is mean by malleable?
your Asking wiki answers?
What dose the white flag mean?
if you're talking about in a war situation it means "i surrender"p.s.It also symbalizes france.
What does the tterm malleable mean?
Able to be beaten into shape.
What does malleabillity mean?
malleable means bendable. its moldable
