Iron is hammered to change its shape to a more useful shape.
This is done when it is hot because its tensile strength decreases rapidly as temperature increases; it is easier to deform it permanently when it is hot.
into a piece of wood
When a piece of iron is heated to red-hot or above, then the bonds between the molecules have been lengthened, and the relationship of these bonds to each other may be altered permanently. When the iron cools, the new molecular arrangement becomes set. You may experiment in a similar manner, with a piece of modelling clay. It will respond in a manner representative of hot iron.
Bong!
Because iron is highly malleable. The arrangement of atoms in iron allows them to slide alongside each other without breaking, therefore, iron does not break when being hammered (or otherwise reshaped, e.g. by bending)
Hammering hot iron to change its shape is called forging. Hammer blows force movement of iron crystals into different arrangements. If it's hot enough then the strain developed by hammering the iron crystals is relieved by recrystallization
Yes - depending on what you call "thin". Gold is capable of being hammered much thinner.
Its usually done with a hot iron, (a very hot piece of metal to burn the object)
Yes - depending on what you call "thin". Gold is capable of being hammered much thinner.
Here are some sentences.Use the tongs to pick up the biscuit, not your fingers.The blacksmith held the hot iron with tongs while he hammered it.
They heated iron ore, hammered it, and rapidly cooled it.
When a nail is hammered into wood, the force creates friction between the nail and the wood, generating heat due to the resistance. This heat is also caused by the energy from the impact and the compression of the wood fibers around the nail.
Yes, the Babyliss hot roller set is better for your hair,for the iron can burn or damage your hair.