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Why is that metals are malleable and ionic crystals are brittle is best explaind in terms of their what?
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Are some metals more malleable than others?
Yes, some, such as gold are very malleable while other metals, such as osmium, are relatively brittle.
Are metals malleable?
Yes, malleability is one of the properties of metals. However, different metals differ in their malleability.
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.
Are metallic compounds brittle?
depends on if they are a solid or gas or liquid. If solid then yes, usually the non metal solids are brittle.
Is a substance that is malleable and ductile a metal or nonmetal?
Ductile metals are metals that5 can be shaped and pulled. Gold is a example of a ductile metal so in other words, yes it is a type of metals. Ductility is a property of some metals. It is also a property of materials other than metal.
Which is not a characteristic of most metals brittle good conductor ductile malleable?
Most metals are not brittle.
Are some metals more malleable than others?
Yes, some, such as gold are very malleable while other metals, such as osmium, are relatively brittle.
Are metals malleable?
Yes, malleability is one of the properties of metals. However, different metals differ in their malleability.
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 property of nonmetals is the opposite of being mallable and ductile?
Non metals are brittle. They are neither malleable nor ductile.
What properties do metals non-metals and semi-conductors have in common?
They generally look metallic but are brittle (not malleable or ductile). Neither good conductors or insulators but they are semiconductors.
Are metallic compounds brittle?
depends on if they are a solid or gas or liquid. If solid then yes, usually the non metal solids are brittle.
Is fluorine malleable or brittle?
Since fluorine is a gas, it does not have malleability.
What is the ductility of ruthenium?
Yes, it is. All the metals are malleable and ductile
Are metals a non-malleable?
No, metals are generally malleable.
Are metalloids unmalleable?
Metalloids are all malleable, but some are more malleable than others. Some have a brittle crystalline structure that prevent them from being malleable enough for many practical applications.
Why is metallic solids malleable?
The concept is that most metals, when they deform, do so much in the same way as silly putty. The opposite of malleable would be brittle. Brittle materials generally do not deform very much, they just shatter. A good example of a brittle material is stick chalk, such as would be used on a teacher's chalk board. Back to the malleable metals... If you had super-strong robotic hands, you would be able to mush and smear metals in your hands in a manner similar to silly putty - but that's the catch: you have to be super strong. It's important to note that not all metals are malleable. As a matter of fact, the physical characteristics of metals change with temperature. There is usually a temperature in which metals turn into a liquid, called the melting point, and there is also a temperature in which metals go from "malleable" (also known as the "ductile" state) to a brittle state. This temperature, which is usually very cold, is called the ductile-to-brittle transition temperature. Just like when ice cream is stiff when it is really, really cold, and ice cream gets mushy when it warms up, so does metal. Sometimes, the ductile-to-brittle transition temperature can cause problems. The famous sinking of the Titanic was supposedly due to the metal hull breaking against an iceberg instead of stretching, or plasticly deforming (that's what us engineers call malleable or ductile deformation). The water was sooooo cold around the Titanic that the metal of the hull became brittle.
