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Ductility and malleability are two properties of metals that describe specific tendencies in certain metals.
Ductility describes the property of the ability to stretch a metal, without being damaged. Highly ductile materials are useful for stretching into wires.
Malleability describes the property of a metals ability to be deformed under compression. Highly malleable materials can be readily rolled or hammered into sheets.
While these properties are similar, different materials react differently in these circumstances. Gold or copper for example, are both highly ductile and malleable, whilst lead is only malleable.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoDuctility describes the property of the ability to stretch a metal, without being damaged.
Malleability describes the property of a metals ability to be deformed under compression.
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∙ 13y agoIf a material is malleable, it can be hammered into thin sheets.
If a material is ductile, it can be drawn out into wires.
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∙ 13y agoDuctility measures a metals ability to be drawn into wires. Malleability measures a metals ability to be flattened into sheets.
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∙ 13y agoDuctility is a sustance's ability to be stretched or bent, whereas plasticity is its ability to be pushed or squeezed into another shape.
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∙ 15y agoWhen a metal is malleable and/or ductile, then it can conform to different shapes
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∙ 7y agoNo, they are different physical properties.
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∙ 11y agoFlexible
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Plasticity means what?
Plasticity means the ability to be shaped and molded.
The difference between elasticity and plasticity?
Elasticity is the tendency of material to temporarily deform when placed under stress and regains its original shape and size upon removal of stress.It spreads, it stretches; it alters to accommodate the strain. Plasticity is the tendency of a material deform permanently under the application of external load . Think clay, putty; it retains the shape or can be re-shaped into something entirely new. The point at which a material's elasticity turns into plasticity is considered that object's yield.
Is ductility a physical state?
Since Malleability & Ductility Are Very Similiar, Ductility Is A Physical Property.
Is plasticity a physical property or a chemical property?
Plasticity is a physical property.
What is the ductility of xenon?
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