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Is metal brittle?
No. Metals are generally malleable, meaning they can be hammered into thin sheets, and ductile, meaning they can be pulled into wires.
What the property of metals to be drawn out into thin wires called?
The metal is said to be ductile.
What property of metals allows them to be shaped into wires?
The property of metals being able to be drawn in wires is called ductility. The most ductile metal is gold. A wire of 2km can be drawn from a piece of 10g of gold. Most wire is made of killed steel, which has been de-gasified and stripped of impurities. This improves ductility. Metals are ductile. This means they can be drawn into wires. The atoms of metals have the ability to slide over one another. The electrons are delocalized. This means that the atoms are held together tightly but can still slide over their neighbors without losing their electrons and, therefore, do not break apart when drawn into thin wires.
What is an element that is shiny is easily pulled into wires or hammered into thin sheets and is a good conductor of electricity and heat?
An element that is shiny, is ductile (easily pulled into wires), is malleable (easily hammered into thin sheets) and conducts electric current and heat is likely to be a metal.You could pick almost any metal and it would fulfill these requirements. Some of the best matches would be gold, silver and copper. Other examples include platinum and lithium. Note that the metallic properties of metals are variable, and some metals have more metallic character than others.
Why can metals easily be rolled into thin sheets and drawn into wires?
Because they are ductile
Which is the following terms means that metals can be pulled into thin strands or wires?
Malleability
What term mean that metal can be pulled into thin strands or wires?
The term is 'Ductility'. Remember 'duck' in ductility; you build a fence out of thin strands of metal to keep out the ducks.
Is metal brittle?
No. Metals are generally malleable, meaning they can be hammered into thin sheets, and ductile, meaning they can be pulled into wires.
Is ductility easily bent and pulled into thin strands?
does
What means able to be bent easily and pulled into thin strands?
A malleable substance is able to be bent and shaped easily and a ductile substance is avle to be pulled into thin strands easily e.g copper.
What is it called when copper is pulled into thin wires?
Copper Wire
Which elements in the periodic table can be drawn into thin wires?
Malleable
What is the ability of a substance to be pulled into thin strands without breaking?
That property of metals is called ductility.
What the property of metals to be drawn out into thin wires called?
The metal is said to be ductile.
What elements can be drawn into thin wires?
The facility to be pulled into wires is called ductility, several elements have this. These are ductile metals or alloys: platinum, silver, gold, aluminium, copper, nodular cat iron, rhodium etc.
Is heluim ductile?
Helium is not ductile. Helium is a gas, and ductile refers to metals, and basically is the ability to be drawn or pulled into a thin wire. Clearly, helium cannot be pulled into a thin wire.
How do you distinguish a metallic and a non metallic by using 5 properties?
metals are shinier than some of thenon metals. metals are excellent conducters of heat and electricity. metals can bear alot of strain without breaking. metals can be made into thin wires. metals can be mae into thin shapes.
