A peculiar material (A) doesn't burn like wooden sticks but changes colour when heated, and upon prolonged heating and is able to change shape upon hammering. Then (A) can be a ______.
metal
Metals upon prolonged heating change into bright hot substances without burning quickly.
Metals exhibit a property as can be beaten into thin sheets and drawn into thin wires, this property of a metal is called Malleability. This is because of the ability of the atoms to roll over each other into new positions without breaking the metallic bond.