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Can you bend zinc

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15y ago

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yes

Pure zinc is not flexible in fact it is brittle

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An empty aluminum can is very easy to bend or crush.

A full aluminum can cannot be bent or crushed because of the liquid and pressurized gas inside that makes the thin walls rigid.

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yes, zinc is a malleable metal

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Yes

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