Easily stretched without breaking or lowering in material strength
A substance that can be drawn into wire is indeed called ductile
a term used to describe a material that can be pulled out into a long wire
Ductile means one which can be drawn into wires. Metals are ductile.
Pliable, not brittle.
Ductile
The term ductile would be applied to this physical characteristic of such a material.
chermisty
The term doesn't apply in this case. You can only say whether a substance is ductile if it is a solid. Oxygen is a gas at room temperature.
The term doesn't apply in this case. You can only say whether a substance is ductile if it is a solid. Oxygen is a gas at room temperature.
As sulphur is not ductile.
The term ductile would be applied to this physical characteristic of such a material.
Gold is ductile, as it can be hammered into very thin sheets, and be used to guild and decorate, etc.